SOCCER PLAYER

Emiliano Sala

1990 - 2019

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Emiliano Raúl Sala Taffarel (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano ˈsala]; 31 October 1990 – 21 January 2019) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker. After playing youth football in Argentina and following a short spell in Portugal's regional leagues, Sala began his professional career in France with Bordeaux, making his professional debut in February 2012. After struggling to break into the first team, he was loaned out to Championnat National side Orléans and Ligue 2 side Niort in consecutive seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiliano Sala has received more than 5,239,633 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Emiliano Sala is the 2,231st most popular soccer player (down from 1,760th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 301st in 2019) and the 156th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Emiliano Salas by language

Over the past year Emiliano Sala has had the most page views in the with 254,388 views, followed by Spanish (112,361), and French (73,167). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Volapük (72.22%), Quechua (61.84%), and Estonian (55.65%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Emiliano Sala ranks 2,231 out of 21,273. Before him are Hermínio de Brito, Maarten Stekelenburg, José Lázaro Robles, Dezső Bundzsák, Ederson, and Vágner Love. After him are Torbjörn Nilsson, György Szűcs, Milovan Jakšić, Shusaku Hirasawa, Yannick Carrasco, and Ricardo Rocha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Emiliano Sala ranks 31. Before him are Sergio Pérez, Daley Blind, Kim Jong-hyun, Mitski, Canelo Álvarez, and Çağatay Ulusoy. After him are Seo Ye-ji, Georginio Wijnaldum, The Weeknd, Jennifer Hermoso, Peter Sagan, and Wissam Ben Yedder. Among people deceased in 2019, Emiliano Sala ranks 273. Before him are Elina Bystritskaya, Sylvia Miles, Lee Radziwill, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Rui Jordão, and Paweł Adamowicz. After him are Agustina Bessa-Luís, Ilona Novák, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Reinhard Bonnke, Henry E. Holt, and Christian Bach.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Emiliano Sala ranks 359 out of 1,154. Before him are Fernando Lamas (1916), Alberto Mario González (1941), Manuel Dorrego (1787), Tita Merello (1904), Héctor Baley (1950), and Mariano Moreno (1778). After him are Antonio Roma (1932), Ramón Muttis (1899), José Figueroa Alcorta (1860), Maxi Rodríguez (1981), Oscar Larrauri (1954), and Daniel Killer (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Emiliano Sala ranks 156. Before him are José Omar Pastoriza (1942), Norberto Alonso (1953), Rodrigo De Paul (1994), Agustín Balbuena (1945), Alberto Mario González (1941), and Héctor Baley (1950). After him are Antonio Roma (1932), Ramón Muttis (1899), Maxi Rodríguez (1981), Daniel Killer (1949), Oscar Alberto Ortiz (1953), and Ricardo Infante (1924).

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