SOCCER PLAYER

Diego Forlán

1979 - Today

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Diego Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation, Forlán is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe at club level. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Forlán has received more than 5,590,025 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Diego Forlán is the 231st most popular soccer player (up from 287th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 18th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Diego Forlán ranks 231 out of 21,273. Before him are Rui Costa, Zbigniew Boniek, Dani Alves, Gaetano Scirea, Luís Figo, and Marcel Desailly. After him are Ștefan Kovács, Raimundo Orsi, Aimé Jacquet, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Ramón Díaz, and Fernando Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Diego Forlán ranks 3. Before him are Heath Ledger, and Andrea Pirlo. After him are Valentino Rossi, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Markus Persson, Kimi Räikkönen, Anders Behring Breivik, Nicolas Anelka, Roberta Metsola, Chris Pratt, and Diego Milito.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Diego Forlán ranks 17 out of 444. Before him are Luis Suárez (1987), Héctor Castro (1904), Óscar Tabárez (1947), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), and José Gervasio Artigas (1764). After him are José Santamaría (1929), Pedro Rocha (1942), Alberto Suppici (1898), Obdulio Varela (1917), Mario Benedetti (1920), and Jules Laforgue (1860).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Diego Forlán ranks 10. Before him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Héctor Scarone (1898), Luis Suárez (1987), Héctor Castro (1904), Enzo Francescoli (1961), and Enrique Ballestrero (1905). After him are José Santamaría (1929), Pedro Rocha (1942), Alberto Suppici (1898), Obdulio Varela (1917), Edinson Cavani (1987), and Pedro Petrone (1905).

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