SOCCER PLAYER

Gylfi Sigurðsson

1989 - Today

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Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcɪlvɪ ˈθouːr̥ ˈsɪːɣʏrðsɔn]; transliterated as Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson; born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Valur and the Iceland national team. Gylfi began his professional career with Reading in the Championship and in 2010, was sold to TSG Hoffenheim, which was Reading's biggest sale at the time. He was voted Player of the Season for two consecutive seasons: for Reading in 2009–10 and for Hoffenheim in 2010–11. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gylfi Sigurðsson has received more than 5,049,833 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Gylfi Sigurðsson is the 5,721st most popular soccer player (down from 4,224th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Icelander Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gylfi Sigurðssons by language

Over the past year Gylfi Sigurðsson has had the most page views in the with 596,712 views, followed by Italian (36,337), and Icelandic (28,196). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (1,053.68%), Danish (300.92%), and Simple English (110.34%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 5,721 out of 21,273. Before him are Mahmoud Guendouz, Andriy Husin, Alan Mullery, Dani Aranzubia, Luis Cruzado, and Andreas Cornelius. After him are Arnold Scholten, Zé Maria, Stefano Borgonovo, Stanislav Šesták, David Jarolím, and Paco Llorente.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 137. Before him are Hamza bin Laden, Salah Abdeslam, Brenton Thwaites, Agnieszka Radwańska, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, and Emilio Nsue. After him are Nia DaCosta, Jimmy Butler, Cam Newton, Aleix Espargaró, Teddy Riner, and Albin Ekdal.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 98 out of 190. Before him are Jón Gnarr (1967), Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Jón Páll Sigmarsson (1960), Atli Eðvaldsson (1957), and Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955). After him are Sjón (1962), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967), Einar Arnórsson (1880), Hera Björk (1972), and Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iceland

Among soccer players born in Iceland, Gylfi Sigurðsson ranks 6. Before him are Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961), Alfreð Finnbogason (1989), and Atli Eðvaldsson (1957). After him are Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967), Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984), Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986), Birkir Bjarnason (1988), and Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984).

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