SOCCER PLAYER

Jay DeMerit

1979 - Today

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Jay Michael DeMerit (born December 4, 1979) is an American former soccer player who played as a center back. He played college soccer for the UIC Flames and was in the Chicago Fire Premier development squad, but after not being drafted for Major League Soccer, he moved to look for a club in England. He played for non-league sides Southall and Northwood before signing for Watford of the Championship in 2004. DeMerit played 211 total games for Watford over six seasons, including one in the 2006–07 Premier League, having scored in their victory in the 2006 Football League Championship play-off final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay DeMerit has received more than 283,761 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Jay DeMerit is the 16,753rd most popular soccer player (down from 13,682nd in 2019), the 19,049th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,897th in 2019) and the 160th most popular American Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jay DeMerit ranks 16,753 out of 21,273. Before him are Lucas Gourna-Douath, Jessica Houara, Takeshi Hamada, Shogo Nishikawa, Youssouf Koné, and Mohamed Ali Moncer. After him are Gabrielle Onguéné, Mile Škorić, Tomonobu Hayakawa, Tomonori Tateishi, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, and Ali Faez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jay DeMerit ranks 1,222. Before him are Kozo Yuki, Danny Gabbidon, Elizeu Ferreira Marciano, Satoshi Horinouchi, Gonzalo Carou, and Koichi Kawai. After him are Hideyuki Ujiie, Masayuki Yanagisawa, Mykhailo Havryliuk, Teruaki Kobayashi, Ricardo Fuller, and Cael Sanderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay DeMerit ranks 19,049 out of 20,380. Before him are Donna Weinbrecht (1965), Charlie Tahan (1998), Joe Jacobi (1969), Cory Gardner (1974), Styles P (1974), and Al Harrington (1980). After him are Trevor Murdoch (1980), Quentin Richardson (1980), Eric Greitens (1974), Ana Kasparian (1986), Bea Miller (1999), and JuVaughn Harrison (1999).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Jay DeMerit ranks 160. Before him are Julie Foudy (1971), Lauren Sesselmann (1983), Briana Scurry (1971), Shannon Boxx (1977), Tobin Heath (1988), and Becky Sauerbrunn (1985). After him are Lindsey Horan (1994), Aaron Long (1992), Brian Maisonneuve (1973), Ethan Horvath (1995), Kellyn Acosta (1995), and Brek Shea (1990).

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