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Gianfranco Zola

1966 - Today

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Gianfranco Zola (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaɱˈfraŋko dˈdzɔːla]; born 5 July 1966) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played predominantly as a forward. He is currently in charge as vice-president of the Lega Pro, the Italian Serie C football league. He spent the first decade of his playing career playing in Italy, most notably with Napoli, alongside Diego Maradona and Careca, where he was able to win the Serie A title, and at Parma, where he won the Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gianfranco Zola has received more than 3,185,293 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Gianfranco Zola is the 389th most popular soccer player (up from 458th in 2019), the 1,700th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,705th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gianfranco Zola ranks 389 out of 16,880. Before him are Shoichi Nishimura, Shiro Azumi, Larbi Benbarek, Sigfried Held, Gyula Lóránt, and Juninho Pernambucano. After him are Hans Krankl, Zlatko Čajkovski, Fernando Peyroteo, Jan Jongbloed, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, and György Sárosi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Gianfranco Zola ranks 34. Before him are David Schwimmer, John Cusack, Téa Leoni, Cindy Crawford, Julen Lopetegui, and Stefan Edberg. After him are Cláudio Taffarel, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Sinéad O'Connor, Enrique Peña Nieto, Kentaro Miura, and Yoshihiro Togashi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gianfranco Zola ranks 1,700 out of 4,668. Before him are Fede Galizia (1578), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), Paolo Sorrentino (1970), and Enzo of Sardinia (1220). After him are Francesco Barberini (1597), Theron of Acragas (-535), Roger of Lauria (1245), Gioachino Greco (1590), Laura Mancini (1636), and Vincenzo Coronelli (1650).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Gianfranco Zola ranks 29. Before him are Lorenzo Buffon (1929), Valentino Mazzola (1919), Gaetano Scirea (1953), Marco Materazzi (1973), Alessandro Nesta (1976), and Angelo Schiavio (1905). After him are Gianpiero Combi (1902), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), Gianluca Vialli (1964), Simone Inzaghi (1976), and Nereo Rocco (1912).

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