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Franck Ribéry

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Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃k ʁibeʁi]; born 7 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, preferably on the left side, and was known for his pace, energy, skill, and precise passing. While with Bayern Munich, he was regarded as one of the best players in the world. The previous talisman of the French national team, Zinedine Zidane, once referred to Ribéry as the "jewel of French football".Ribéry's career began in 1989 as a youth player for local hometown club FC Conti Boulogne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franck Ribéry has received more than 7,406,962 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Franck Ribéry is the 218th most popular soccer player (down from 149th in 2019), the 1,218th most popular biography from France (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Franck Ribéries by language

Over the past year Franck Ribéry has had the most page views in the with 645,579 views, followed by French (399,951), and Spanish (185,326). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Eastern Punjabi (1,380.77%), Simple English (208.99%), and Ido (129.46%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franck Ribéry ranks 218 out of 21,273. Before him are Zizinho, Gyula Grosics, Careca, Cha Bum-kun, Carlos Bilardo, and Andoni Zubizarreta. After him are Dunga, Philippe Troussier, Josip Skoblar, Radomir Antić, Wolfgang Overath, and Alessandro Costacurta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Franck Ribéry ranks 4. Before him are Kim Jong-un, Chris Hemsworth, and Amy Winehouse. After him are Dani Alves, Katrina Kaif, Ricardo Quaresma, Pepe, Edward Snowden, Loreen, Robin van Persie, and Philipp Lahm.

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In France

Among people born in France, Franck Ribéry ranks 1,218 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Le Prince (1841), Louise de Marillac (1591), Maurice Thorez (1900), Louis, Count of Évreux (1276), Isabella of Hainault (1170), and Vanessa Paradis (1972). After him are Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Sonia Rykiel (1930), André Antoine (1858), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Philippe Troussier (1955), and Jean Vigo (1905).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Franck Ribéry ranks 10. Before him are Eric Cantona (1966), Didier Deschamps (1968), Lucien Laurent (1907), Karim Benzema (1987), Thierry Henry (1977), and Laurent Blanc (1965). After him are Philippe Troussier (1955), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Kylian Mbappé (1998), Raymond Domenech (1952), and Fabien Barthez (1971).

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