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Freddy Adu

1989 - Today

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Fredua Koranteng Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder. The last club he played for was Ettan Fotboll club Österlen FF in 2021. From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at the age of 14, Adu was spoken of as "the next Pelé." However, 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. At D.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freddy Adu has received more than 4,305,691 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Freddy Adu is the 6,295th most popular soccer player (down from 5,222nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.

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  • 36.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Freddy Adu ranks 6,295 out of 16,880Before him are Humberto Suazo, Roberto Tricella, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Pablo Marí, Kim Young-gwon, and Riadh Bouazizi. After him are Costel Pantilimon, Jannik Vestergaard, Oliveira Gonçalves, Eric Wynalda, Aristide Bancé, and Andrzej Iwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Freddy Adu ranks 243Before him are Salman Al-Faraj, Maaya Uchida, Andreu Fontàs, Roman Zozulya, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, and João Sousa. After him are Sunny, Nicolás Lodeiro, Koo Ja-cheol, Yoon Doo-joon, Michael van Gerwen, and Taras Stepanenko.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Freddy Adu ranks 40 out of 121Before him are Felix Nartey (null), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), Ayi Kwei Armah (1939), Kofi Awoonor (1935), and John Mensah (1982). After him are Owusu Benson (1977), Hans Sarpei (1976), Kofi Kingston (1981), Matthew Amoah (1980), Richard Kingson (1978), and Eric Addo (1978).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, Freddy Adu ranks 15Before him are Gerald Asamoah (1978), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Alphonso Davies (2000), Derek Boateng (1983), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), and John Mensah (1982). After him are Owusu Benson (1977), Hans Sarpei (1976), Matthew Amoah (1980), Richard Kingson (1978), Eric Addo (1978), and Joachim Yaw (1973).

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