SOCCER PLAYER

James Rodríguez

1991 - Today

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James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo and the Colombia national team. He has been praised for his technique, vision, and playmaking skills, and was often considered the successor to his compatriot Carlos Valderrama.Starting his career at Envigado, and then moving to Argentina side Banfield, James became well known in Europe during his time at Porto, winning several trophies and individual awards during his three years at the club. In 2014, James moved from AS Monaco to Real Madrid for a transfer fee of £63 million, beating Radamel Falcao as the most expensive Colombian football player and one of the most expensive players at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Rodríguez has received more than 12,899,990 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). James Rodríguez is the 521st most popular soccer player (down from 452nd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Colombia (down from 18th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Rodríguezs by language

Over the past year James Rodríguez has had the most page views in the with 1,241,454 views, followed by Portuguese (1,203,061), and English (1,169,014). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (301.84%), Malagasy (90.31%), and Basque (73.83%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, James Rodríguez ranks 521 out of 21,273. Before him are Masao Ono, Ove Kindvall, Delio Onnis, Reizo Fukuhara, Takehiko Kawanishi, and Anghel Iordănescu. After him are Jay-Jay Okocha, Gareth Bale, Carlos José Castilho, Frank de Boer, Karl Rappan, and Jack Charlton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, James Rodríguez ranks 4. Before him are Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard, and Thiago Alcântara. After him are Virgil van Dijk, Ed Sheeran, N'Golo Kanté, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Jorginho, Roberto Firmino, and Lucas Vázquez.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, James Rodríguez ranks 22 out of 356. Before him are Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), Rodrigo Lara (1946), John Leguizamo (1964), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), and Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921). After him are Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Andrés Escobar (1967), Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Ernesto Samper (1950), and Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, James Rodríguez ranks 3. Before him are René Higuita (1966), and Carlos Valderrama (1961). After him are Andrés Escobar (1967), Radamel Falcao (1986), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Iván Córdoba (1976), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Juan Carlos Osorio (1961), Freddy Rincón (1966), and David Ospina (1988).

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