SOCCER PLAYER

Eric Abidal

1979 - Today

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Eric Sylvain Abidal (French pronunciation: [eʁik abidal]; born 11 September 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back. He played mainly for Lyon and Barcelona, totalling 18 trophies with both teams, including two Champions Leagues with the latter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Abidal has received more than 1,098,808 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Eric Abidal is the 810th most popular soccer player (down from 661st in 2019), the 2,554th most popular biography from France (down from 2,460th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eric Abidals by language

Over the past year Eric Abidal has had the most page views in the with 174,622 views, followed by French (84,074), and Spanish (42,793). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (224.68%), Egyptian Arabic (146.82%), and Indonesian (103.42%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eric Abidal ranks 810 out of 21,273. Before him are Kepa Arrizabalaga, Hugo Gatti, Saeed Al-Owairan, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Slava Metreveli, and Tita. After him are Marc Wilmots, Christophe Galtier, Domingo Tejera, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Hans Tilkowski, and Dudu Georgescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Eric Abidal ranks 22. Before him are Rosamund Pike, Júlio César, Tawakkol Karman, Evangeline Lilly, Zhang Ziyi, and James McAvoy. After him are Adrian Mutu, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Olga Kurylenko, Noomi Rapace, Rafael Márquez, and Mato Neretljak.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eric Abidal ranks 2,554 out of 6,770. Before him are Eustache Le Sueur (1616), Guillaume Dubois (1656), Pierre Fournier (1906), Gérard Oury (1919), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), and Marcellin Champagnat (1789). After him are Henri Desgrange (1865), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), Christophe Galtier (1966), Marie-Claire Alain (1926), and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Eric Abidal ranks 39. Before him are David Ginola (1967), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), Hugo Lloris (1986), Gabriel Hanot (1889), Paul Pogba (1993), and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989). After him are Christophe Galtier (1966), Lucien Muller (1934), Dominique Colonna (1928), Roger Piantoni (1931), Patrick Battiston (1957), and Bruno Metsu (1954).

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