SOCCER PLAYER

Egil Østenstad

1972 - Today

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Egil Johan Østenstad (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈèːɡiːl ˈœ̀stn̩stɑː]; born 2 January 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started and ended his career at Viking, before going on to play in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City. In 2003 he made a move to the Scottish Premier League with Rangers before finishing his career back with Viking in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egil Østenstad has received more than 141,450 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Egil Østenstad is the 15,379th most popular soccer player (down from 15,011th in 2019), the 912th most popular biography from Norway (down from 881st in 2019) and the 116th most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 27.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Egil Østenstad ranks 15,379 out of 21,273Before him are Roy Krishna, Boško Šutalo, Nedum Onuoha, David Addy, Mobi Oparaku, and Carl Jenkinson. After him are Pierre Lees-Melou, Alan David Dotti, Viktor Vasin, Barnabás Bese, Daisuke Tomita, and Alberto Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Egil Østenstad ranks 1,076Before him are Jiro Takeda, Takaya Oishi, Hideyuki Imakura, Toshihiro Uchida, Fergal O'Brien, and Hideaki Mori. After him are Virisila Buadromo, Mandira Bedi, Paul Clement, Tomotaka Fukagawa, Mark Kinsella, and Denise Lewis.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Egil Østenstad ranks 912 out of 1,039Before him are Julie Bergan (1994), Linn Jørum Sulland (1984), Tobias Halland Johannessen (1999), Eirik Bakke (1977), Ståle Sandbech (1993), and Hilde Fenne (1993). After him are Christian Grindheim (1983), Håvard Bøkko (1987), Emilie Haavi (1992), Celine Brun-Lie (1988), Bjørnar Moxnes (1981), and Daniel Berg Hestad (1975).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Egil Østenstad ranks 116Before him are Guro Reiten (1994), Bente Nordby (1974), Håvard Nielsen (1993), Ingrid Hjelmseth (1980), Erik Botheim (2000), and Eirik Bakke (1977). After him are Christian Grindheim (1983), Emilie Haavi (1992), Thomas Rogne (1990), Adam Larsen Kwarasey (1987), Trond Andersen (1975), and Mix Diskerud (1990).