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Itumeleng Khune

1987 - Today

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Itumeleng Issac Khune (born 20 June 1987) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as goalkeeper for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League, and also the South African national team. He is widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in South Africa ever and one of the greatest African goalkeepers of alltime. Khune shot to fame when he saved three penalties from Esrom Nyandoro and Peter Ndlovu against Mamelodi Sundowns in the Telkom Knockout final on 1 December 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Itumeleng Khune has received more than 566,705 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Itumeleng Khune is the 15,948th most popular soccer player (down from 13,181st in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 309th in 2019) and the 47th most popular South African Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 26.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Itumeleng Khunes by language

Over the past year Itumeleng Khune has had the most page views in the with 77,401 views, followed by French (2,143), and Italian (1,920). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (86.45%), Amharic (65.82%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (64.59%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Itumeleng Khune ranks 15,948 out of 21,273. Before him are Josha Vagnoman, Leo Väisänen, Viljormur Davidsen, Tomohiko Ito, Samir Lima de Araújo, and Yoshimi Sasahara. After him are James Collins, Andrei Sidorenkov, Daniel Cambronero, Jasir Asani, Cristian Herrera, and Denis Drăguș.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Itumeleng Khune ranks 1,186. Before him are Christian Reitz, Bratislav Punoševac, James Johnson, Kim Song-yong, Stefan Denifl, and Gert Jõeäär. After him are Mats Zuccarello, D. J. Augustin, Matteo Rabottini, Foluke Gunderson, Alexandra Roach, and Jena Lee.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Itumeleng Khune ranks 391 out of 454. Before him are Senzo Meyiwa (1984), Jacques Freitag (1982), Thuso Mbedu (1991), Shannon Kook (1987), Lloyd Harris (1997), and Elrio van Heerden (1983). After him are Adam Rose (1979), Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (1995), Ryan Gibbons (1994), Mmusi Maimane (1980), Hashim Amla (1983), and Lebo Mothiba (1996).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Itumeleng Khune ranks 47. Before him are Rowen Fernández (1978), Nasief Morris (1981), Bernard Parker (1986), Shu-Aib Walters (1981), Senzo Meyiwa (1984), and Elrio van Heerden (1983). After him are Lebo Mothiba (1996), Calvin Marlin (1976), Themba Mnguni (1973), Siyabonga Sangweni (1981), Kagisho Dikgacoi (1984), and Teko Modise (1982).

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