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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 1,166,043 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Georgios Samaras is the 4,189th most popular soccer player (down from 3,754th in 2019), the 780th most popular biography from Greece (down from 713th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Greek Soccer Player.

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  • 41.98

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Georgios Samaras ranks 4,189 out of 16,880. Before him are Mark Jones, Wolfgang Seguin, Valdir Benedito, Lazăr Sfera, Dmitri Alenichev, and Dominique Bathenay. After him are Ronald Araújo, Eijun Kiyokumo, França, Fernando Cavenaghi, Zlatko Yankov, and Itzhak Vissoker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Georgios Samaras ranks 148. Before him are Andy Schleck, Stéphane Lambiel, Rubén de la Red, Greg Van Avermaet, Álvaro Pereira, and Stanislav Ianevski. After him are Svetlana Kuznetsova, Hwang Jung-eum, Seo Hyun-jin, Tina Karol, Tomohisa Yamashita, and Philippe Senderos.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Georgios Samaras ranks 780 out of 936. Before him are Oganes Zanazanyan (1946), Robert Kagan (1958), Theodoros Kontidis (1956), Konstantinos Kenteris (1973), Nikos Dendias (1959), and Thalia Flora-Karavia (1871). After him are Katy Garbi (1961), Stelios Manolas (1961), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), Demetrios Christodoulou (1951), Kostas Chalkias (1974), and Thomas Mavros (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Greece

Among soccer players born in Greece, Georgios Samaras ranks 19. Before him are Nikos Machlas (1973), Angelos Basinas (1976), Kostas Mitroglou (1988), Giorgos Koudas (1946), Kostas Manolas (1991), and Oganes Zanazanyan (1946). After him are Stelios Manolas (1961), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), Kostas Chalkias (1974), Thomas Mavros (1954), Zisis Vryzas (1973), and Vasilis Torosidis (1985).

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