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Fan Zhiyi

1969 - Today

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Fan Zhiyi (Chinese: 范志毅; pinyin: Fàn Zhìyì; born 6 November 1969) is a Chinese coach and former international footballer. He played as a defender for Shanghai Shenhua, Crystal Palace, Dundee, Shanghai COSCO Huili, Cardiff City, Buler Rangers and Shanghai Zobon. He was considered a trailblazer in his native homeland when Sun Jihai and he became the first two Chinese footballers to play in the English leagues, joining Crystal Palace in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fan Zhiyi has received more than 190,568 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Fan Zhiyi is the 5,521st most popular soccer player (down from 5,183rd in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from China (down from 944th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fan Zhiyis by language

Over the past year Fan Zhiyi has had the most page views in the with 68,484 views, followed by English (22,366), and Japanese (5,836). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (136.93%), Bulgarian (100.96%), and Uzbek (84.76%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fan Zhiyi ranks 5,521 out of 21,273. Before him are Johnny Giles, Eren Derdiyok, Stefan Majewski, Manuel Sarabia, Stephen Tataw, and Hermann Nuber. After him are Falko Götz, Emile Heskey, Donald-Olivier Sié, Juan Jesus, Boubacar Barry, and Jonathan Soriano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Fan Zhiyi ranks 424. Before him are Stéphane Lannoy, Jorge Sanz, Sugizo, Kyoko Kuroda, MC Solaar, and Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein. After him are Daniela Castro, Siv Jensen, David Trueba, Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Fiona May, and Jason Kouchak.

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In China

Among people born in China, Fan Zhiyi ranks 1,022 out of 1,610. Before him are Angelababy (1989), Liu Guoliang (1976), Deng Yaping (1973), He Pingping (1988), Jing Tian (1988), and Chen Danqing (1953). After him are Jordan Chan (1967), Zhao Liying (1987), Mao Chi-kuo (1948), Wendi Deng Murdoch (1968), Gao Yuanyuan (1979), and Johnny Chan (1957).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In China

Among soccer players born in China, Fan Zhiyi ranks 5. Before him are Jia Xiuquan (1963), Hao Haidong (1970), Zheng Zhi (1980), and Sun Jihai (1977). After him are Sun Wen (1973), Li Weifeng (1978), Li Tie (1977), Dong Fangzhuo (1985), Wu Lei (1991), Ma Mingyu (1970), and Jiang Jin (1968).

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