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Denis Irwin

1965 - Today

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Joseph Denis Irwin (born 31 October 1965) is an Irish former professional footballer and sports television presenter. Irwin is the joint most successful Irish footballer in history, a record he shares with fellow Manchester United stalwart Roy Keane, having won 19 trophies in his career.As a player, he played as a full back from 1983 to 2004. Irwin is best known for his long and successful stint at Manchester United, where he established himself as one of the most important players in a team that won a host of domestic and European trophies including seven Premier League titles and the UEFA Champions League from 1990 to 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Irwin has received more than 1,912,095 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Denis Irwin is the 3,061st most popular soccer player (up from 4,120th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 279th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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  • 44.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Denis Irwin ranks 3,061 out of 16,880Before him are Anders Rydberg, Ernesto Belis, Héctor Facundo, Pedro Cubilla, Ferruccio Novo, and Jordan Henderson. After him are Robbie Fowler, Edu Marangon, Mohamed Latif, Valeriy Porkujan, César Ruminski, and Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Denis Irwin ranks 245Before him are Antonio Saca, Juan Manuel Lillo, Toshi, Valery Meladze, Beth Gibbons, and Guenther Steiner. After him are Richard K. Morgan, Christian Streich, Yacouba Isaac Zida, Daniela Mercury, Kelly Rowan, and Iginio Straffi.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Denis Irwin ranks 243 out of 501Before him are Damien Rice (1973), Martin Sheridan (1881), Evanna Lynch (1991), Arthur Johnson (1879), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), and Rex Ingram (1892). After him are Victor Herbert (1859), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Stuart Townsend (1972), Sara Allgood (1879), John O'Shea (1981), and Owen Moore (1886).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Denis Irwin ranks 5Before him are Roy Keane (1971), Robbie Keane (1980), Arthur Johnson (1879), and Willoughby Hamilton (1864). After him are John O'Shea (1981), Billy Whelan (1935), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Liam Brady (1956), Tony Dunne (1941), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), and John McKenna (1855).