SOCCER PLAYER

Godfrey Chitalu

1947 - 1993

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Godfrey Chitalu (22 October 1947 – 27 April 1993), nicknamed Ucar, was a Zambian footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest Zambian player of all time as he holds his national team's goalscoring record and was voted Zambian footballer of the year five times. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African footballers of the past 50 years.The Football Association of Zambia claimed that Chitalu scored more than 100 goals in all competitions in 1972, more than Gerd Müller's total in the same year and Lionel Messi's total in 2012, both of which are often referred to by journalist as "world records". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfrey Chitalu has received more than 337,818 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Godfrey Chitalu is the 719th most popular soccer player (up from 952nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Zambia (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Zambian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Godfrey Chitalus by language

Over the past year Godfrey Chitalu has had the most page views in the with 62,101 views, followed by Spanish (14,492), and French (12,567). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (628.00%), Kinyarwanda (486.73%), and Turkmen (172.92%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 719 out of 21,273. Before him are Koji Miyata, Lennart Skoglund, Joachim Streich, Dejan Stanković, Thiago Motta, and Lionel Scaloni. After him are Jérôme Boateng, Gabriel Hanot, Jorginho, Takashi Mizuno, Paulo Sousa, and Asim Ferhatović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 181. Before him are Greg Lake, James Dyson, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Alain Connes, Malam Bacai Sanhá, and Mario Aurelio Poli. After him are Mary Simon, Ben Cross, Philippe Herreweghe, Somchai Wongsawat, Rita Lee, and Michel Sardou. Among people deceased in 1993, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 80. Before him are John Connally, Maurice Yaméogo, Ishirō Honda, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Matthew Ridgway, and Héctor Lavoe. After him are Marian Anderson, Monte Melkonian, Wolfgang Lotz, René Pleven, József Antall, and E. P. Thompson.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 3 out of 41. Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933), and Kenneth Kaunda (1924). After him are Stanley Fischer (1943), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Edgar Lungu (1956), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Denise Scott Brown (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Zambia

Among soccer players born in Zambia, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 1. After him are Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Patson Daka (1998), Emmanuel Mayuka (1990), Christopher Katongo (1982), Guus Til (1997), Jacob Mulenga (1984), Kennedy Mweene (1984), James Chamanga (1980), Felix Katongo (1984), Stoppila Sunzu (1989), and Emmanuel Mbola (1993).

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