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Ismael Urzaiz

1971 - Today

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Ismael Urzaiz Aranda (Spanish pronunciation: [ismaˈel uɾˈθajθ aˈɾanda]; born 7 October 1971) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Best known for his physical strength and aerial ability, the unsuccessful youth graduate at Real Madrid went on to represent seven other teams during his extensive career, mainly Athletic Bilbao where he spent 11 years. Over 16 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 445 matches and 131 goals (61 headers, record of the competition). Urzaiz appeared 25 times for Spain, representing the national team at Euro 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ismael Urzaiz has received more than 131,617 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ismael Urzaiz is the 4,347th most popular soccer player (up from 4,350th in 2019), the 1,817th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,750th in 2019) and the 339th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ismael Urzaiz ranks 4,347 out of 21,273. Before him are Toshio Matsuura, Rosendo Hernández, Danijel Ljuboja, Guillermo Riveros, Dorin Mateuț, and Isidoro Díaz. After him are Kiril Dojčinovski, Alberto Fouilloux, Brad Friedel, Junichi Inamoto, Andrea Carnevale, and Viacheslav Semenov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Ismael Urzaiz ranks 245. Before him are Tomislav Erceg, Andre Matos, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Jorge Costa, Eric Stonestreet, and Christina Chang. After him are Brad Friedel, Andriy Parubiy, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Matt Stone, Urs Bühler, and Sean Dyche.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ismael Urzaiz ranks 1,817 out of 3,355. Before him are Albert Celades (1975), Iñaki Williams (1994), Valero Rivera López (1953), Marc Gasol (1985), Ramón Piñeiro López (1915), and Rosendo Hernández (1922). After him are Rafael Alkorta (1968), Jesús Loroño (1926), Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1832), Arantxa Urretabizkaia (1947), Charo (1961), and José Francisco Molina (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Ismael Urzaiz ranks 339. Before him are Luis Alberto (1992), Kiko (1972), Daniel Parejo (1989), Albert Celades (1975), Iñaki Williams (1994), and Rosendo Hernández (1922). After him are Rafael Alkorta (1968), José Francisco Molina (1970), Domingo Acedo (1898), Sergio García (1983), Rodri (1996), and Pedro Munitis (1975).

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