SOCCER PLAYER

Javier Irureta

1948 - Today

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Javier Iruretagoyena Amiano (born 1 April 1948), Irureta for short, is a Spanish retired football attacking midfielder and manager. He had a distinguished playing career with Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, playing in 344 La Liga games for both teams combined and scoring 70 goals. Irureta managed several Spanish top flight clubs, most notably Deportivo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Irureta has received more than 173,027 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Javier Irureta is the 893rd most popular soccer player (up from 1,004th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from Spain (up from 952nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Javier Iruretas by language

Over the past year Javier Irureta has had the most page views in the with 39,760 views, followed by English (20,700), and Italian (4,742). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tajik (73.33%), Catalan (56.61%), and Polish (27.86%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Javier Irureta ranks 893 out of 21,273. Before him are Roberto Ayala, Jozef Vengloš, Dimitar Penev, Marcelo Salas, Txiki Begiristain, and Jean-Marc Bosman. After him are Roy Keane, Takao Nishiyama, Franky Van der Elst, Géza Kalocsay, Marcel Koller, and Sergei Aleinikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Javier Irureta ranks 202. Before him are Holger Osieck, Zdravko Tolimir, Helmuth Koinigg, Jürgen Sparwasser, Shakin' Stevens, and Vonda N. McIntyre. After him are Vladimír Remek, Pam Ferris, Abdelmalek Sellal, Marisol, Sho Kosugi, and László Lovász.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Irureta ranks 828 out of 3,355. Before him are Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (-100), Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca (1945), Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (1932), Berengar the Wise (790), Txiki Begiristain (1964), and José Calvo Sotelo (1893). After him are Andregoto Galíndez (910), Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1180), Jimena Díaz (1046), Jordi Pujol (1930), Pahiño (1923), and Melchor Cano (1509).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Javier Irureta ranks 72. Before him are Sergio Busquets (1988), Pepe Reina (1982), Domènec Balmanya (1914), Álvaro Morata (1992), Miguel Reina (1946), and Txiki Begiristain (1964). After him are Pahiño (1923), Gaizka Mendieta (1974), Edmundo Suárez (1916), Dani Carvajal (1992), Jordi Alba (1989), and Salvador Sadurní (1941).

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