SOCCER PLAYER

Ibrahim Afellay

1986 - Today

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Ibrahim Afellay (Arabic: إبراهيم أفيلاي; born 2 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He currently works for Dutch broadcaster NOS as a football pundit. He played youth football at Elinkwijk before joining the PSV Eindhoven youth academy at age 10. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibrahim Afellay has received more than 1,765,670 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim Afellay is the 1,898th most popular soccer player (down from 1,363rd in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 531st in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ibrahim Afellay ranks 1,898 out of 21,273Before him are Agustín Sauto Arana, Marcel Domingo, Yoshinori Shigematsu, Franz Roth, Angelos Charisteas, and Jaroslav Pollák. After him are Rinaldo Martino, Samir Handanović, Brahim Díaz, Máté Fenyvesi, Károly Palotai, and Juan Carlos Corazzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Ibrahim Afellay ranks 47Before him are Kit Harington, Vincent Kompany, Oscar Pistorius, Sebastian Kurz, Claudio Marchisio, and BoA. After him are Gaël Monfils, Alba Flores, João Moutinho, Hajime Isayama, Cristhian Stuani, and Mario Casas.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ibrahim Afellay ranks 617 out of 1,646Before him are Willem Johan Kolff (1911), Johannes Meursius (1579), Arend Heyting (1898), Willem Roelofs (1822), Diederik Korteweg (1848), and Victor Marijnen (1917). After him are Henk Groot (1938), Suzanne Manet (1829), Ard Schenk (1944), Maggie MacNeal (1950), Jan Raas (1952), and Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ibrahim Afellay ranks 72Before him are Nigel de Jong (1984), Pleun Strik (1944), Wim Kieft (1962), Memphis Depay (1994), Pim Doesburg (1943), and Coen Moulijn (1937). After him are Henk Groot (1938), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Daley Blind (1990), Frenkie de Jong (1997), Kick Smit (1911), and Hans Ooft (1947).