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Folarin Balogun

2001 - Today

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Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team. A Hale's End academy prospect of Arsenal, Balogun was promoted to the first team in 2020 and featured sparingly for the club, later going on loan to EFL Championship side Middlesbrough in 2022. In the following season, Balogun made his breakthrough in a loan to Ligue 1 side Reims, where he scored 21 goals in 37 appearances to be the French league's fourth top scorer of the season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Folarin Balogun has received more than 3,372,064 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Folarin Balogun is the 6,957th most popular soccer player (up from 10,422nd in 2019), the 13,044th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,747th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Soccer Player.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Folarin Balogun ranks 6,957 out of 21,273. Before him are Torben Piechnik, Kiki Musampa, Nejc Pečnik, William Saliba, Kim Nam-il, and Ulises de la Cruz. After him are Kim Young-gwon, Hassan Yebda, Yuya Kubo, Steven Defour, Giancarlo Marocchi, and Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2001, Folarin Balogun ranks 26. Before him are Jeon So-mi, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Charles De Ketelaere, Mykhailo Mudryk, Daniel Maldini, and William Saliba. After him are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, Freya Allan, Santiago Giménez, Malick Thiaw, Rachel Zegler, and Eric García.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Folarin Balogun ranks 13,044 out of 20,380. Before him are Isabella Abbott (1919), Arnold Stang (1918), Madonna Wayne Gacy (1964), Lil Jon (1971), Leo Rossi (1946), and Tim Armstrong (1965). After him are Cedric Maxwell (1955), Thomas Sadoski (1976), Kathryn C. Thornton (1952), Lawrence Taylor (1959), Bill Browder (1964), and Kyle Anderson (1993).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Folarin Balogun ranks 41. Before him are Eric Wynalda (1969), Marcelo Balboa (1967), Mike Bookie (1904), DaMarcus Beasley (1982), Frank Borghi (1925), and Kasey Keller (1969). After him are Steve Cherundolo (1979), Jonathan David (2000), Weston McKennie (1998), Chris Henderson (1970), Jimmy Douglas (1898), and Abby Wambach (1980).

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