SOCCER PLAYER

Emil Forsberg

1991 - Today

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Emil Peter Forsberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈěːmɪl ˈfɔ̂ʂːbærj]; born 23 October 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls and the Sweden national team. Forsberg was awarded Guldbollen in 2021 as Sweden's best footballer of the year. He has also been voted the Swedish Midfielder of the Year four times (2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Forsberg has received more than 1,847,207 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Emil Forsberg is the 3,289th most popular soccer player (down from 3,072nd in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 804th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Emil Forsberg ranks 3,289 out of 21,273. Before him are Milton Viera, Vladimir Kesarev, Itzhak Shum, Steven Nzonzi, Ezequiel Garay, and Uli Stein. After him are Jaime Gómez, Mark Schwarzer, Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Edmondo Fabbri, Milan Damjanović, and Carlos Scarone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Emil Forsberg ranks 39. Before him are Bonnie Wright, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Alex Sandro, Riley Reid, Marc Bartra, and Lara Gut-Behrami. After him are Martin Braithwaite, Park Hyung-sik, Louis Tomlinson, Simona Halep, Iñigo Martínez, and Ninja.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Emil Forsberg ranks 837 out of 1,879. Before him are Nils Hellsten (1885), Quorthon (1966), Maria Röhl (1801), Ulf Schmidt (1934), Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), and Göran Therborn (1941). After him are Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), Lennart Samuelsson (1924), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Esbjörn Svensson (1964), and Inga Gentzel (1908).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Emil Forsberg ranks 93. Before him are Harry Lundahl (1905), Benny Wendt (1950), Tom Turesson (1942), Erik Granfelt (1883), Kurt Svensson (1927), and Olof Mellberg (1977). After him are Lennart Samuelsson (1924), Erik Almgren (1908), Anders Svensson (1976), Ingvar Gärd (1921), Johan Elmander (1981), and Prawitz Öberg (1930).

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