SOCCER PLAYER

Hao Haidong

1970 - Today

Photo of Hao Haidong

Icon of person Hao Haidong

Hao Haidong (simplified Chinese: 郝海东; traditional Chinese: 郝海東; pinyin: Hǎo Hǎidōng; born 9 May 1970) is a Chinese former international footballer. He currently holds the record for being China's top goalscorer. As a player he represented Bayi Football Team, Dalian Shide and Sheffield United in a career that saw him win six league titles and two Chinese FA Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hao Haidong has received more than 355,727 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Hao Haidong is the 4,292nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,822nd in 2019), the 976th most popular biography from China (down from 883rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hao Haidong ranks 4,292 out of 21,273Before him are Davy Klaassen, Mamadou Sakho, Friedhelm Funkel, José Nehin, Marek Heinz, and Hiroyuki Sakashita. After him are Jules Pappaert, Klaus Berggreen, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Duván Zapata, Serge Aurier, and Georg Stollenwerk.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Hao Haidong ranks 239Before him are Erik Zabel, Oleksandr Fedenko, Vladimir Grbić, Anne-Marie Duff, Marco Etcheverry, and Yuriy Nikiforov. After him are Abderrahim Ouakili, Stacy Valentine, Erick Thohir, Nick Offerman, Avishai Cohen, and José Francisco Molina.

Others Born in 1970

Go to all Rankings

In China

Among people born in China, Hao Haidong ranks 976 out of 1,610Before him are John Dobson (1915), Taylor Wang (1940), Ding Liren (1992), Ge You (1957), Meng Wanzhou (1972), and Cui Jian (1961). After him are Zhu Jianhua (1963), Ma Jian (1953), Da-Wen Sun (1960), Shi Zhengli (1964), Wu'erkaixi (1968), and Wu Jing (1974).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In China

Among soccer players born in China, Hao Haidong ranks 2Before him are Jia Xiuquan (1963). After him are Zheng Zhi (1980), Sun Jihai (1977), Fan Zhiyi (1969), Sun Wen (1973), Li Weifeng (1978), Li Tie (1977), Dong Fangzhuo (1985), Wu Lei (1991), Ma Mingyu (1970), and Jiang Jin (1968).