SOCCER PLAYER

Jan Olsson

1944 - 2023

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Jan Viktor Olsson (18 March 1944 – 18 May 2023) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented GAIS, VfB Stuttgart, and Örgryte IS during a club career that spanned between 1965 and 1977. A full international between 1967 and 1973, he won 22 caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team and played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Olsson has received more than 5,190 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Olsson is the 1,493rd most popular soccer player, the 489th most popular biography from Sweden and the 31st most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jan Olsson ranks 1,493 out of 21,273. Before him are Franz John, Conduelo Píriz, Herbert Erhardt, Rubén Morán, Mustapha Hadji, and Vlatko Marković. After him are Ray Clemence, Andrés Mazali, Roman Weidenfeller, Mateja Kežman, Zaur Kaloev, and Joseph Mermans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jan Olsson ranks 334. Before him are Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Roberto Miranda, Patti LaBelle, Harun Farocki, Naná Vasconcelos, and Abdul Qadir. After him are Richard Robarts, Anthony Heald, Ján Čarnogurský, José Wilker, Jacques-Alain Miller, and Élisabeth Roudinesco. Among people deceased in 2023, Jan Olsson ranks 292. Before him are Vyacheslav Zaytsev, David Del Tredici, Terence Davies, Ignacio López Tarso, Eugenio Calabi, and Agneta Andersson. After him are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Argentina Menis, B. V. Doshi, Jimmy Buffett, Margit Carstensen, and Johan Leysen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Olsson ranks 489 out of 1,879. Before him are Arvid Posse (1820), Sven Wollter (1934), Karl Staaf (1881), Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (1542), August Nilsson (1872), and Agneta Andersson (1961). After him are Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Lena Endre (1955), Ruben Östlund (1974), Carola Häggkvist (1966), and Rudolf Svensson (1899).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Jan Olsson ranks 31. Before him are Ralf Edström (1952), Orvar Bergmark (1930), Conny Torstensson (1949), Nils Axelsson (1906), Martin Dahlin (1968), and Bertil Nordahl (1917). After him are Sigge Parling (1930), Gunnar Andersson (1928), Bo Johansson (1942), Roland Sandberg (1946), Sune Andersson (1921), and Arne Selmosson (1931).

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