SOCCER PLAYER

Germán Villa

1973 - Today

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Germán Villa Castañeda (locally [xeɾˈmam ˈbiʝa kastaˈɲeða]; born 2 April 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. German made his debut in the 1991–92 season with América against Leon. Villa played regularly with América until 1998 when he decided to go to the Spanish league to play for Espanyol de Barcelona. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Germán Villa has received more than 69,865 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Germán Villa is the 11,249th most popular soccer player (down from 10,843rd in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 515th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular Mexican Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 70k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Germán Villa ranks 11,249 out of 21,273. Before him are Lassina Traoré, Weslley Smith Alves Feitosa, Felipe Gutiérrez, Nelson Parraguez, Anastasios Douvikas, and Federico Insúa. After him are Assim Madibo, Román Torres, Felix Passlack, Nilton Pereira Mendes, Danny Murphy, and Giuseppe Zappella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Germán Villa ranks 859. Before him are Barbara Rittner, Mohammed Al-Khojali, Daz Dillinger, Jacob Aagaard, Buju Banton, and Roberto Fresnedoso. After him are Giuseppe Zappella, Christophe Rinero, Tomasz Kłos, Edvinas Krungolcas, Rosen Kirilov, and Koos Moerenhout.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Germán Villa ranks 620 out of 729. Before him are Aldo de Nigris (1983), Leydy Pech (1965), Luis Miguel Salvador (1968), Fermín IV (1974), Chuy García (1956), and Efraín Juárez (1988). After him are Juan de Dios Ramírez (1969), Laura Mendez (1853), Jesús Gallardo (1994), Israel Castro (1980), Valeria Luiselli (1983), and Braulio Luna (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mexico

Among soccer players born in Mexico, Germán Villa ranks 173. Before him are Néstor Araujo (1991), Paul Aguilar (1986), Salvador Carmona (1975), Aldo de Nigris (1983), Luis Miguel Salvador (1968), and Efraín Juárez (1988). After him are Juan de Dios Ramírez (1969), Jesús Gallardo (1994), Israel Castro (1980), Braulio Luna (1974), Luis Ernesto Michel (1979), and Manuel Vidrio (1972).

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