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Didier Drogba

1978 - Today

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Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (French pronunciation: [didje iv dʁɔɡba tebili]; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didier Drogba has received more than 12,358,510 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Didier Drogba is the 159th most popular soccer player (down from 127th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Ivorian Soccer Player.

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  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Didier Drogba ranks 159 out of 21,273. Before him are Grzegorz Lato, Pavel Nedvěd, Karim Benzema, Thierry Henry, Ademir de Menezes, and Andrés Iniesta. After him are Héctor Scarone, Davor Šuker, Dennis Bergkamp, Iker Casillas, Bobby Robson, and Kevin Keegan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Didier Drogba ranks 5. Before him are Volodymyr Zelensky, Gianluigi Buffon, Miroslav Klose, and Kobe Bryant. After him are Carles Puyol, Omar Sy, Gennaro Gattuso, Michelle Rodriguez, Ian Somerhalder, Juan Román Riquelme, and Charlene, Princess of Monaco.

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In Côte d'Ivoire

Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba ranks 3 out of 140. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942), and Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905). After him are Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Alpha Blondy (1953), Yaya Touré (1983), Robert Guéï (1941), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Ahmadou Kourouma (1927), Jean-Pierre Kutwa (1945), and Charles Konan Banny (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Côte d'Ivoire

Among soccer players born in Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba ranks 1. After him are Yaya Touré (1983), Kolo Touré (1981), Basile Boli (1967), Laurent Pokou (1947), Gervinho (1987), Salomon Kalou (1985), Franck Kessié (1996), Seydou Doumbia (1987), Emmanuel Eboué (1983), Wilfried Zaha (1992), and Didier Zokora (1980).

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