SOCCER PLAYER

Freddy Adu

1989 - Today

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Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder. From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at the age of 14, Adu was spoken of as "the next Pelé". After leaving D.C. United in 2006, he became a journeyman, playing for fifteen teams in nine countries: the United States, Portugal, Monaco, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Serbia, Finland, and Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freddy Adu has received more than 4,624,268 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Freddy Adu is the 7,512th most popular soccer player (down from 6,294th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 40th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Freddy Adu ranks 7,512 out of 21,273. Before him are Denis Caniza, Nando Muñoz, Diego Demme, Asako Takakura, Bobby Johnstone, and Alex Greenwood. After him are Przemysław Tytoń, Martin Wagner, Jimmy Hill, Étienne Capoue, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, and Malick Thiaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Freddy Adu ranks 245. Before him are Rico Verhoeven, Sergei Polunin, Pierre Niney, Aron Gunnarsson, Ryan Corr, and G-Eazy. After him are Katherine Schwarzenegger, Roman Zozulya, Bohdan Bondarenko, Jonathan Viera, Alden Ehrenreich, and Víctor Ruiz.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Freddy Adu ranks 48 out of 162. Before him are Kwame Ayew (1973), Raphael Dwamena (1995), Hugh Quarshie (1954), Felix Nartey (null), Clement Quartey (1938), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913). After him are John Mensah (1982), Mohammed Muntari (1993), Hans Sarpei (1976), Richard Kingson (1978), Eric Addo (1978), and Kofi Awoonor (1935).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, Freddy Adu ranks 20. Before him are Derek Boateng (1983), Owusu Benson (1977), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), Christian Atsu (1992), Kwame Ayew (1973), and Raphael Dwamena (1995). After him are John Mensah (1982), Mohammed Muntari (1993), Hans Sarpei (1976), Richard Kingson (1978), Eric Addo (1978), and Matthew Amoah (1980).

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