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Frenkie de Jong

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Frenkie de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɛŋki də ˈjɔŋ]; born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays primarily as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. Regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, he is known for his vision, passing, dribbling, technique, along with strong defensive abilities and his attacking prowess.De Jong began his professional career at Willem II in 2015. He transferred to Ajax for a fee worth €1 a year later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frenkie de Jong has received more than 5,588,059 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Frenkie de Jong is the 2,066th most popular soccer player (down from 1,694th in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 582nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frenkie de Jongs by language

Over the past year Frenkie de Jong has had the most page views in the with 631,892 views, followed by Spanish (295,713), and Dutch (121,780). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (852.13%), Serbo-Croatian (224.76%), and Uzbek (173.53%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Frenkie de Jong ranks 2,066 out of 21,273. Before him are László Sárosi, Oleksandr Zavarov, Abel Braga, Fernandinho, Atsuyoshi Furuta, and François Van der Elst. After him are Lorenzo Staelens, Pedro Parages, Sidney Govou, Carlos Alberto Silva, Alan Ball Jr., and Tomáš Ujfaluši.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Frenkie de Jong ranks 15. Before him are Naomi Osaka, Charles Leclerc, Theo Hernandez, Lautaro Martínez, Jake Paul, and Cha Eun-woo. After him are Malala Yousafzai, Alexander Zverev, Federico Chiesa, Chloë Grace Moretz, Renato Sanches, and Marcus Thuram.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frenkie de Jong ranks 638 out of 1,646. Before him are Peter R. de Vries (1956), Paulus Bor (1601), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Dirk Coster (1889), Badr Hari (1984), and Bas van Fraassen (1941). After him are Dirk Brouwer (1902), Tylman van Gameren (1632), Jo Cals (1914), Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst (1603), Kick Smit (1911), and Lenny Kuhr (1950).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Frenkie de Jong ranks 76. Before him are Pim Doesburg (1943), Coen Moulijn (1937), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Henk Groot (1938), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), and Daley Blind (1990). After him are Kick Smit (1911), Hans Ooft (1947), Kees van Ierssel (1945), Maarten Stekelenburg (1982), Harry Vos (1946), and Wim Jonk (1966).

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