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SOCCER PLAYER

Gary Speed

1969 - 2011

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Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting the pathway to future successes. Having played for the Leeds United youth team, he began his professional career with the club in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Speed has received more than 3,851,645 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Speed is the 5,124th most popular soccer player (down from 4,362nd in 2019), the 5,222nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,594th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gary Speed ranks 5,124 out of 16,880. Before him are Francesco Acerbi, Mazarópi, Gerd Kische, Leandro Cufré, Marcus Thuram, and Étienne Capoue. After him are Rio Mavuba, Ron Vlaar, Rubén Toribio Díaz, Mateo Musacchio, Sergey Gotsmanov, and Gonzalo Castro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Gary Speed ranks 442. Before him are Ken Griffey Jr., Roy Hargrove, Jaroslav Sakala, Kelli McCarty, Yuko Oita, and Stefan Horngacher. After him are Tucker Carlson, Ertuğrul Sağlam, Arancha González Laya, Carlos Aguilera, Bobby Deol, and Anja Andersen. Among people deceased in 2011, Gary Speed ranks 416. Before him are Ignacio Flores, Len Lesser, Salvatore Licitra, Annette Charles, Iztok Puc, and Tomoko Kawakami. After him are Bill Hunter, Stefan Liv, Naoki Matsuda, Pertti Purhonen, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and Vladimir Ryzhkin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Speed ranks 5,222 out of 7,765. Before him are Laurie Scott (1917), James Stephenson (1889), Derek Fowlds (1937), John McEnery (1943), John Gribbin (1946), and Daniel Kaluuya (1989). After him are Amanda Abbington (1974), Tanya Tate (1979), Craig David (1981), Kenneth Clarke (1940), David Jack (1898), and Jimmy Dickinson (1925).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gary Speed ranks 253. Before him are George Eastham (1936), John Aston Sr. (1921), Pat Rice (1949), Norman Whiteside (1965), Steve Archibald (1956), and Laurie Scott (1917). After him are David Jack (1898), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Ron Springett (1935), Viv Anderson (1956), Tom Heaton (1986), and Harvey Barnes (1997).

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