SOCCER PLAYER

Elkeson

1989 - Today

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Elkeson de Oliveira Cardoso, simply Elkeson and pronounced in Mandarin as Ai Kesen (Chinese: 艾克森; pinyin: Ài Kèsēn; 13 July 1989), is a professional footballer who last played as a forward for Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng. Born in Brazil, he plays for the China national team. Starting out at Vitória, he played mostly as an attacking midfielder and as a winger, but since his final days at Botafogo, he was moved to attack and has played as a striker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elkeson has received more than 1,209,225 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Elkeson is the 6,772nd most popular soccer player (down from 4,385th in 2019), the 974th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 750th in 2019) and the 536th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Elkeson ranks 6,772 out of 21,273Before him are Mohamed Elneny, Rafael Santos Borré, Bill Eckersley, Thomas Kahlenberg, Gustavo Cuéllar, and Toshinobu Katsuya. After him are Tomáš Necid, Jean Beausejour, Sergey Rodionov, Koji Kondo, Tetsuya Totsuka, and Nico Van Kerckhoven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Elkeson ranks 200Before him are Mikel Landa, Adrien Silva, Henry Lau, Eldar Gasimov, George Blagden, and Koyoharu Gotouge. After him are Tomáš Necid, Jung Woo-young, Federico Fernández, Benoît Paire, Jonathan Majors, and Sergio Asenjo.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Elkeson ranks 974 out of 2,236Before him are Éverton Ribeiro (1989), Marcia Barbosa (1960), Amanda Nunes (1988), Bruna Marquezine (1995), Vadão (1956), and Dante Amaral (1980). After him are Everton Nogueira (1959), Glover Teixeira (1979), Ânderson Polga (1979), José Carlos da Costa Araújo (1962), Robson da Silva (1964), and Ewerthon (1981).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Elkeson ranks 536Before him are Guga (1964), Junior Messias (1991), Alexandre Lopes (1974), Marques Batista de Abreu (1973), Fábio Rochemback (1981), and Éverton Ribeiro (1989). After him are Everton Nogueira (1959), Ânderson Polga (1979), José Carlos da Costa Araújo (1962), Ewerthon (1981), Raudnei Anversa Freire (1965), and Muriqui (1986).