SOCCER PLAYER

Diego Godín

1986 - Today

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Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Porongos. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, he started out at Cerro and three years later was transferred to Primera División side Nacional. He then spent the majority of his career in Spain, representing Villarreal and Atlético Madrid and winning eight titles with the latter club, including the La Liga championship in the 2013–14 season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Godín has received more than 2,898,942 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Diego Godín is the 1,024th most popular soccer player (down from 833rd in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Diego Godín ranks 1,024 out of 21,273. Before him are Lippo Hertzka, Pietro Vierchowod, Eraldo Monzeglio, Claude Le Roy, Guido Masetti, and Antonio Puerta. After him are Hristo Bonev, Björn Nordqvist, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Julio César Romero, Andrej Kvašňák, and Wilfried Van Moer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Diego Godín ranks 25. Before him are Radamel Falcao, Robert Pattinson, Nani, Hulk, Fernando Muslera, and Lindsay Lohan. After him are Seth Rollins, Irina Shayk, Alexander Rybak, Kasper Schmeichel, Park Min-young, and Gilad Shalit.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Diego Godín ranks 59 out of 444. Before him are Ángel Romano (1894), Michele Andreolo (1912), George Hilton (1934), Juan López Fontana (1908), Schubert Gambetta (1920), and Jules Supervielle (1884). After him are Lucía Topolansky (1944), Gustavo Rojo (1923), Joaquín Torres-García (1874), Eusebio Tejera (1922), Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), and Víctor Rodríguez Andrade (1927).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Diego Godín ranks 34. Before him are Santos Urdinarán (1900), Miguel Capuccini (1904), Álvaro Recoba (1976), Ángel Romano (1894), Michele Andreolo (1912), and Schubert Gambetta (1920). After him are Eusebio Tejera (1922), Víctor Rodríguez Andrade (1927), Alfredo Foglino (1892), Emilio Recoba (1904), Javier Ambrois (1932), and Matías González (1925).

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