SOCCER PLAYER

Javier Hernández

1988 - Today

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Javier Hernández Balcázar (Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ eɾˈnandes βalˈkasaɾ] ; born 1 June 1988), commonly known by the nickname Chicharito ([tʃitʃaˈɾito], Mexican Spanish: little pea), is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Guadalajara. He is known for his clinical finishing along with his pace and technical ability and is widely considered to be amongst the greatest Mexican players of all time. Hernández began his senior club career at age 18 in 2006, playing for Guadalajara, where he won the Primera División. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Hernández has received more than 10,675,701 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Javier Hernández is the 1,381st most popular soccer player (up from 1,419th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 170th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Mexican Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Javier Hernández ranks 1,381 out of 21,273. Before him are José Gonzalvo, Mariano Martín, Germán Burgos, Carlos Romero, Giuseppe Baldo, and Klaus Fichtel. After him are Tadao Onishi, Carmelo Simeone, Lajos Baróti, Răzvan Lucescu, Luís Fabiano, and Anatoli Bashashkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Javier Hernández ranks 33. Before him are Radja Nainggolan, Juan Cuadrado, Big Sean, Alicia Vikander, Nuri Şahin, and Nicolás Otamendi. After him are Fábio Coentrão, Sasha Grey, Paulinho, Park Seo-joon, Vanessa Kirby, and G-Dragon.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Javier Hernández ranks 154 out of 729. Before him are José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940), Guillermo Ochoa (1985), Victoria Ruffo (1962), Huitzilihuitl (1379), and Lila Downs (1968). After him are Mariano Azuela (1873), Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934), José Joaquín de Herrera (1792), Eugenio Derbez (1961), Tenoch (1299), and Claudio Brook (1927).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mexico

Among soccer players born in Mexico, Javier Hernández ranks 6. Before him are Antonio Carbajal (1929), Jorge Campos (1966), Francisco Jara (1941), Rafael Márquez (1979), and Guillermo Ochoa (1985). After him are Tomás Balcázar (1931), Luis Hernández (1968), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1973), Manuel Rosas (1912), Juan Carreño (1909), and Jesús del Muro (1937).

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