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Javad Nekounam

1980 - Today

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Javad Nekounam (Persian: جواد نکونام; born 7 September 1980) is an Iranian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Iranian national team with 149 caps. Nicknamed Neku by numerous Iranian football fans, he played as a midfielder, and is also regarded as one of greatest players of the history of Esteghlal Tehran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javad Nekounam has received more than 422,851 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Javad Nekounam is the 5,472nd most popular soccer player (down from 4,889th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from Iran (down from 384th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iranian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Javad Nekounam ranks 5,472 out of 21,273. Before him are Vitor Roque, Sayuri Yamaguchi, David Rozehnal, Ulrich Ramé, Jean Kalala N'Tumba, and José Ruiz. After him are Marek Kusto, Guillermo Yávar, Jaroslav Netolička, Thomas Lemar, Vladimir Astapovsky, and Cristian Brocchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Javad Nekounam ranks 199. Before him are Matuzalém, Lee Jung-hyun, Maaya Sakamoto, Vanessa Ferlito, Fränk Schleck, and David Rozehnal. After him are Jasika Nicole, Tomokazu Sugita, Raema Lisa Rumbewas, Slim Thug, Tim Borowski, and Richie McCaw.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Javad Nekounam ranks 440 out of 631. Before him are Parviz Parastui (1955), Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950), Shahab Hosseini (1974), Laleh (1982), Hassan Rowshan (1955), and Matt Ghaffari (1961). After him are Tami Stronach (1972), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993), Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (1960), Khodadad Azizi (1971), Hossein Sheikholeslam (1952), and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iran

Among soccer players born in Iran, Javad Nekounam ranks 14. Before him are Ali Karimi (1978), Mehdi Mahdavikia (1977), Karim Bagheri (1974), Yahya Golmohammadi (1971), Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950), and Hassan Rowshan (1955). After him are Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993), Khodadad Azizi (1971), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Karim Ansarifard (1990), Vahid Hashemian (1976), and Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (1966).

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