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Hakan Şükür

1971 - Today

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Hakan Şükür (Albanian: Shykyr; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and Kral (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the Süper Lig), representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles. Şükür represented Turkey a total of 112 times, scoring 51 goals, making him the nation's top goalscorer and 19th in the world at the time of his retirement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hakan Şükür has received more than 1,556,394 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Hakan Şükür is the 378th most popular soccer player (up from 409th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 524th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Soccer Player.

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  • 57.05

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hakan Şükür ranks 378 out of 16,880. Before him are Alessandro Nesta, Angelo Schiavio, Nobuo Matsunaga, Oliver Bierhoff, Alain Giresse, and Robin van Persie. After him are Wayne Rooney, Claudio Caniggia, Leopoldo Luque, Brian Clough, Shoichi Nishimura, and Shiro Azumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Hakan Şükür ranks 31. Before him are Unai Emery, Jari Litmanen, Henrik Larsson, Andy Whitfield, Fabien Barthez, and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. After him are Denise Richards, Jeff Kinney, Jacques Villeneuve, Claire Forlani, Thalía, and Selena.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Hakan Şükür ranks 544 out of 1,301. Before him are Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Neslişah Sultan (1921), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Doukas (1400), Kemal Sunal (1944), and Şehzade Korkut (1467). After him are Tervel of Bulgaria (675), Proclus of Constantinople (310), Saint Mercurius (224), Zeki Müren (1931), Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (1315), and Bohemond VI of Antioch (1237).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Turkey

Among soccer players born in Turkey, Hakan Şükür ranks 1. After him are Ali Sami Yen (1886), Rüştü Reçber (1973), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1924), Arda Turan (1987), Metin Oktay (1936), Mustafa Denizli (1949), Burak Yılmaz (1985), Emre Belözoğlu (1980), Turgay Şeren (1932), Burhan Sargun (1929), and Nihat Kahveci (1979).

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