SOCCER PLAYER

Jay-Jay Okocha

1973 - Today

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Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha ( ə-KOTCH-ə; born 14 August 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He won 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay-Jay Okocha has received more than 4,540,448 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Jay-Jay Okocha is the 522nd most popular soccer player (up from 643rd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 522 out of 21,273. Before him are Ove Kindvall, Delio Onnis, Reizo Fukuhara, Takehiko Kawanishi, Anghel Iordănescu, and James Rodríguez. After him are Gareth Bale, Carlos José Castilho, Frank de Boer, Karl Rappan, Jack Charlton, and Gerard Piqué.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 27. Before him are Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Makoto Shinkai, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Kate Beckinsale, and Jim Parsons. After him are Vera Farmiga, Ruslana, Lena Headey, Robert Pires, George Floyd, and Christian Vieri.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 9 out of 309. Before him are Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Hugo Weaving (1960), Sade (1959), Fela Kuti (1938), and Usman dan Fodio (1754). After him are Bola Tinubu (1952), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Sani Abacha (1943), and Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Jay-Jay Okocha ranks 1. After him are Rashidi Yekini (1963), Victor Osimhen (1998), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Tijani Babangida (1973), Taribo West (1974), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Obafemi Martins (1984), Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Finidi George (1971), and Victor Ikpeba (1973).

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