SOCCER PLAYER

Helmuth Duckadam

1959 - 2024

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Helmut Duckadam (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈhelmut dukaˈdam]; (1 April 1959 – 2 December 2024) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Duckadam was dubbed "the Hero of Seville" due to his performance in the 1986 European Cup Final, won by his club Steaua București, where he saved all four penalties against Barcelona in the penalty shootout, for the first time in football history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmuth Duckadam has received more than 304,002 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Helmuth Duckadam is the 1,104th most popular soccer player (down from 919th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Romania and the 12th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 1,104 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan Botasso, Manuel Amoros, Joselu, Ivica Olić, Michio Yasuda, and Marcelo Gallardo. After him are Julio Salinas, Edmundo, Svatopluk Pluskal, Jaap Eden, Isao Iwabuchi, and Mats Hummels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 127. Before him are John C. McGinley, Thomas F. Wilson, Robert Smith, Catherine Keener, Jim Yong Kim, and Stephen Harper. After him are Roberto Fiore, Henry Czerny, R. A. Salvatore, Jonathan Franzen, Patrick Bruel, and Adri van der Poel. Among people deceased in 2024, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 171. Before him are Humberto Maschio, Teri Garr, Brian Mulroney, William Anders, Benny Golson, and Jim Simons. After him are Selim Hoss, Allen J. Bard, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Ethel Kennedy, Lev Rubinstein, and Giacomo Losi.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 193 out of 844. Before him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906), John Houseman (1902), Reuven Feuerstein (1921), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Lucian Mureșan (1931), and Elek Schwartz (1908). After him are Nicolae Paulescu (1869), Nicolae Rădescu (1874), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Michael von Melas (1729), and Endre Kabos (1906).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Helmuth Duckadam ranks 12. Before him are Emerich Jenei (1937), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Adrian Mutu (1979), Alexander Vencel (1944), and Elek Schwartz (1908). After him are Josef Posipal (1927), Miodrag Belodedici (1964), Răzvan Lucescu (1969), István Avar (1905), Ștefan Barbu (1908), and Cristian Chivu (1980).

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