SOCCER PLAYER

Gheorghe Popescu

1967 - Today

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Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈd͡ʒikə poˈpesku]; born 9 October 1967) is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a defender. He notably played in La Liga where he is a former captain of FC Barcelona. He played for a string of European clubs in that period, including a four-year stint at PSV Eindhoven and winning the UEFA Cup with Galatasaray. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gheorghe Popescu has received more than 513,807 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Gheorghe Popescu is the 912th most popular soccer player (down from 825th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Romania (up from 180th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gheorghe Popescus by language

Over the past year Gheorghe Popescu has had the most page views in the with 52,352 views, followed by English (38,937), and Turkish (25,727). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (572.73%), Uzbek (85.02%), and Latvian (65.64%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gheorghe Popescu ranks 912 out of 21,273. Before him are Ernst Ocwirk, Krasimir Balakov, Gaizka Mendieta, Oleh Protasov, Edmundo Suárez, and Jair da Costa. After him are Dani Carvajal, Jordi Alba, Claudio Pizarro, Theo de Jong, Franco Causio, and Juan José Nogués.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Gheorghe Popescu ranks 67. Before him are Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Noel Gallagher, Song Kang-ho, Naoko Takeuchi, Liev Schreiber, and Lisa Bonet. After him are Mino Raiola, Suman Pokhrel, Amélie Nothomb, Jeanine Áñez, Viktor Bout, and Paul Giamatti.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Gheorghe Popescu ranks 169 out of 844. Before him are Regalianus (250), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Mihail Sebastian (1907), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), and Péter Eötvös (1944). After him are Péter Pázmány (1570), Stephen Pongracz (1582), Julius Popper (1857), Adrian Mutu (1979), Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914), and Constantin Dăscălescu (1923).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Gheorghe Popescu ranks 8. Before him are Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Ștefan Kovács (1920), László Bölöni (1953), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), Emerich Jenei (1937), and Dudu Georgescu (1950). After him are Adrian Mutu (1979), Alexander Vencel (1944), Elek Schwartz (1908), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), Josef Posipal (1927), and Miodrag Belodedici (1964).

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