SOCCER PLAYER

Georgios Samaras

1985 - Today

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Georgios Samaras (Greek: Γεώργιος Σαμαράς, pronounced [ˈʝorɣos samaˈras]; born 21 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Samaras started his career at OFI Crete, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. He made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to Premier League club Manchester City for a fee of £6 million in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgios Samaras has received more than 1,147,721 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Georgios Samaras is the 4,448th most popular soccer player (down from 4,188th in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from Greece (down from 779th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Greek Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Georgios Samaras by language

Over the past year Georgios Samaras has had the most page views in the with 109,038 views, followed by Greek (23,842), and Spanish (19,117). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (90.00%), Spanish (85.39%), and Simple English (61.17%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Georgios Samaras ranks 4,448 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Picun, Otto Hemele, Ramiro Blacut, Fabricio Coloccini, Caoimhín Kelleher, and Torsten Gütschow. After him are Hans Sturm, Pedro Munitis, Almir, Billy Bingham, Erich Obermayer, and Gabriel Popescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Georgios Samaras ranks 124. Before him are Marc Gasol, Scott Carson, Mohamed Sissoko, J Balvin, Juan Camilo Zúñiga, and Svetlana Kuznetsova. After him are Ibrahim Touré, Andy Schleck, Marcell Jansen, Emile Hirsch, Tranquillo Barnetta, and Gaël Clichy.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Georgios Samaras ranks 817 out of 1,024. Before him are Maria Polydouri (1902), Andreas Michalakopoulos (1875), Anthimus VII of Constantinople (1827), Dimitrios Drivas (1872), Joachim IV of Constantinople (1837), and Konstantinos Dovas (1898). After him are Robert Kagan (1958), Thomas Mavros (1954), Vassilios Skouris (1948), William Murrill (1869), Thalia Flora-Karavia (1871), and Dimitris Avramopoulos (1953).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Greece

Among soccer players born in Greece, Georgios Samaras ranks 18. Before him are Traianos Dellas (1976), Nikos Machlas (1973), Giorgos Koudas (1946), Oganes Zanazanyan (1946), Angelos Basinas (1976), and Kostas Mitroglou (1988). After him are Thomas Mavros (1954), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), Kostas Manolas (1991), Dimitris Saravakos (1961), Stelios Manolas (1961), and Zisis Vryzas (1973).

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