SOCCER PLAYER

Gunnar Nordahl

1921 - 1995

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Nils Gunnar Nordahl (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̌nːar ˈnûːɖɑːl]; 19 October 1921 – 15 September 1995) was a Swedish professional footballer. A highly prolific, powerful, and physically strong striker, with an eye for goal, he is best known for his spell at AC Milan from 1949 to 1956, in which he won the scudetto twice, and also the title of pluricapocannoniere, with an unprecedented five top scorer (capocannonieri) awards, more than any other player in the history of the Italian championship.Nordahl is Milan’s all-time record goalscorer, and he long held the record for most goals for a single club in the history of Italian league, before being surpassed by Francesco Totti in January 2012. He still holds the record for goals per appearance in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Nordahl has received more than 649,582 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Gunnar Nordahl is the 43rd most popular soccer player (down from 29th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish footballer who was most famous for his time with Italian club AC Milan. He helped them win the Serie A title in 1951 and 1952, and the Coppa Italia in 1953.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gunnar Nordahls by language

Over the past year Gunnar Nordahl has had the most page views in the with 76,254 views, followed by Italian (72,190), and Swedish (46,945). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (178.76%), Simple English (90.20%), and Belarusian (75.25%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gunnar Nordahl ranks 43 out of 21,273. Before him are Ronaldinho, Ruud Gullit, Paolo Maldini, Sándor Kocsis, Antonín Panenka, and Jürgen Klinsmann. After him are Djalma Santos, Josef Masopust, Omar Sívori, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Romário, and Paolo Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gunnar Nordahl ranks 21. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Sophie Scholl, Hua Guofeng, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joseph Beuys, and Peter Ustinov. After him are Paulo Freire, Patricia Highsmith, Nancy Reagan, Yitzhak Navon, Satyajit Ray, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Among people deceased in 1995, Gunnar Nordahl ranks 10. Before him are Juan Manuel Fangio, Eugene Wigner, Michael Ende, Mikhail Botvinnik, Emmanuel Levinas, and Adolf Butenandt. After him are Konrad Zuse, Dean Martin, Harold Wilson, Anatoly Dyatlov, Maurizio Gucci, and Patricia Highsmith.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Nordahl ranks 59 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustaf Dalén (1869), Max von Sydow (1929), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Astrid of Sweden (1905), Anita Ekberg (1931), and Björn Ulvaeus (1945). After him are Folke Bernadotte (1895), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Björn Borg (1956), Henning Mankell (1948), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), and Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Gunnar Nordahl ranks 1. After him are Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Kurt Hamrin (1934), Nils Liedholm (1922), Gunnar Gren (1920), Bo Larsson (1944), Henrik Larsson (1971), Reino Börjesson (1929), Agne Simonsson (1935), Ove Kindvall (1943), Lennart Skoglund (1929), and Ronnie Hellström (1949).

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