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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfrey Chitalu has received more than 343,054 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Godfrey Chitalu is the 952nd most popular soccer player (up from 1,540th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Zambian Soccer Player.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 952 out of 16,880. Before him are Francesco Morini, Ferran Olivella, Bojan Krkić, Maicon Sisenando, Preguinho, and Felice Borel. After him are Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Manuel Fleitas Solich, György Orth, Paulo Bento, Tore Keller, and José María Zárraga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 239. Before him are Massiel, Somchai Wongsawat, Co Adriaanse, Anwar Ibrahim, Alan Guth, and Karol Dobiaš. After him are Peter Strauss, Mick Box, Gerry Rafferty, Meiko Kaji, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, and Carlos Lopes. Among people deceased in 1993, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 101. Before him are Sebastiano Baggio, Anna Sten, Józef Czapski, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Euronymous, and Felice Borel. After him are Freya Stark, Chishū Ryū, Henry Hazlitt, Mario Evaristo, Joseph Serchuk, and Blaže Koneski.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 4 out of 35. Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933), Kenneth Kaunda (1924), and Stanley Fischer (1943). After him are Michael Sata (1937), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Edgar Lungu (1956), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), and Guy Scott (1944).

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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), Christopher Katongo (1982), Patson Daka (1998), Emmanuel Mayuka (1990), Guus Til (1997), Jacob Mulenga (1984), Rainford Kalaba (1986), Kennedy Mweene (1984), James Chamanga (1980), Given Singuluma (1986), and Emmanuel Mbola (1993).

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