SOCCER PLAYER

Jesper Olsen

1961 - Today

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Jesper Olsen (born 20 March 1961) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He is best remembered for representing Ajax of the Netherlands and Manchester United of England. He was a regular player for the Danish national team, scoring five goals in 43 matches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesper Olsen has received more than 261,290 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jesper Olsen is the 2,965th most popular soccer player (up from 3,295th in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 505th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Danish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jesper Olsens by language

Over the past year Jesper Olsen has had the most page views in the with 35,047 views, followed by Danish (9,526), and Dutch (8,351). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (124.62%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (58.98%), and Arabic (38.68%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jesper Olsen ranks 2,965 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Gago, Antonello Cuccureddu, Marcos Rojo, Vicente Lucas, Rüdiger Abramczik, and Gunnar Olsson. After him are Fred Rutten, David Albelda, Victorio Unamuno, Vitaly Daraselia, Casiano Chavarría, and Andranik Eskandarian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Jesper Olsen ranks 256. Before him are Greg Egan, Dana Reeve, Jörg Meuthen, Ann Linde, Mariel Hemingway, and Bill de Blasio. After him are Maggie Wheeler, Alber Elbaz, Ally Walker, Yannick Dalmas, Doc Rivers, and Elpidia Carrillo.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jesper Olsen ranks 498 out of 1,032. Before him are Ebbe Sand (1972), Raquel Rastenni (1915), John Eriksen (1957), Ole Madsen (1934), Tage Reedtz-Thott (1839), and Tommy Seebach (1949). After him are Dario Campeotto (1939), Leif Mortensen (1946), Henrik Larsen (1966), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Peer Hultberg (1935), and Caroline Wozniacki (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Jesper Olsen ranks 32. Before him are Christian Poulsen (1980), Flemming Povlsen (1966), Daniel Agger (1984), Ebbe Sand (1972), John Eriksen (1957), and Ole Madsen (1934). After him are Henrik Larsen (1966), Thomas Gravesen (1976), Henning Enoksen (1935), Martin Braithwaite (1991), Andreas Christensen (1996), and John Sivebæk (1961).

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