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Jean-Pierre Papin

1963 - Today

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Jean-Pierre Roger Guillaume Papin (born 5 November 1963) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a forward and is the current technical advisor of Ligue 1 club Marseille. Considered to be one of the best centre-forwards of his generation, he won the Ballon d'Or in 1991. He was included in the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest living footballers, published in 2004 for the centenary of the FIFA, signed by Pelé. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Pierre Papin has received more than 1,592,543 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Papin is the 58th most popular coach (down from 45th in 2019), the 1,397th most popular biography from France (down from 1,232nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Coach.

Jean-Pierre Papin is most famous for being a French striker who played for Olympique Marseille and A.C. Milan. He is also the only player to have won the European Footballer of the Year award twice, in 1989 and 1991.

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  • 59.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Jean-Pierre Papin ranks 58 out of 328Before him are Hugo Sánchez, Leonardo Araújo, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Hans-Dieter Flick, Cesare Prandelli, and Vicente Feola. After him are Massimiliano Allegri, Roy Hodgson, Enzo Bearzot, Eric Gerets, Morten Olsen, and Raymond Goethals.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jean-Pierre Papin ranks 35Before him are Rumen Radev, Natasha Richardson, Emilio Butragueño, Elisabeth Shue, Rafael Correa, and Helen Hunt. After him are Lars Ulrich, Hideo Kojima, Brigitte Nielsen, Mike Myers, Emmanuelle Béart, and Mike Powell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Papin ranks 1,397 out of 6,011Before him are Pierre Duhem (1861), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), René Arnoux (1948), Nathalie Baye (1948), and Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563). After him are Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), François Pinault (1936), Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645), Armand Peugeot (1849), and Jacques Laffite (1943).

Among COACHES In France

Among coaches born in France, Jean-Pierre Papin ranks 2Before him are Arsène Wenger (1949). After him are Roger Lemerre (1941), Gérard Houllier (1947), Claude Puel (1961), Paul Le Guen (1964), Raynald Denoueix (1948), Jean-Louis Gasset (1953), Frédéric Antonetti (1961), Élie Baup (1955), and Dominique Bijotat (1961).