SOCCER PLAYER

Gary Lineker

1960 - Today

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Gary Winston Lineker ( LIN-ə-kər; born 30 November 1960) is an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer. Lineker is the only player to have been the top goalscorer in England with three clubs: Leicester City, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. He also played for Barcelona in Spain, and won 80 caps for England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Lineker has received more than 13,017,224 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Gary Lineker is the 264th most popular soccer player (up from 362nd in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,249th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gary Lineker ranks 264 out of 21,273. Before him are Michel Preud'homme, Raymond Domenech, Patrick Vieira, Lorenzo Buffon, Helmut Haller, and Osvaldo Ardiles. After him are Quique Setién, František Plánička, Kazimierz Deyna, Abe Lenstra, Fabien Barthez, and Ruud Geels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Gary Lineker ranks 42. Before him are Pierre Littbarski, James Spader, John F. Kennedy Jr., Khaled, Anne Parillaud, and David Duchovny. After him are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mohamed Bazoum, Jorge Sampaoli, Nena, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Gustavo Petro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Lineker ranks 901 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Newell (1942), Herbert C. Brown (1912), Petula Clark (1932), Eadgyth (910), George Vancouver (1757), and Robert III of Scotland (1330). After him are Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Danny Boyle (1956), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Van Morrison (1945), and Sarah, Duchess of York (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gary Lineker ranks 12. Before him are Bobby Moore (1941), Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kevin Keegan (1951), Peter Shilton (1949), and Kenny Dalglish (1951). After him are Duncan Edwards (1936), Brian Clough (1935), Phil Neville (1977), Ryan Giggs (1973), Ian Rush (1961), and Bob Paisley (1919).

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