SOCCER PLAYER

Jim Leighton

1958 - Today

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James Leighton (born 24 July 1958) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup under the management of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson then signed Leighton for Manchester United in 1988, but dropped him after he conceded three goals in the 1990 FA Cup Final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Leighton has received more than 670,988 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Leighton is the 6,024th most popular soccer player (down from 5,259th in 2019), the 5,534th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,272nd in 2019) and the 301st most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jim Leighton ranks 6,024 out of 21,273. Before him are Lorenzo Pellegrini, Arnie Oliver, Alessandro Diamanti, Oleg Kopayev, José Carlos de Almeida, and Joaquín. After him are Zoltán Gera, Kasper Dolberg, Ephrem M'Bom, Paulo da Silva, Gustavo Adrián López, and Louis-Paul M'Fédé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Jim Leighton ranks 540. Before him are Toni Innauer, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Hrant Bagratyan, Víctor Diogo, Elena Horvat, and Frank Gambale. After him are Steven Isserlis, Andris Šķēle, Matt McCoy, Michel Bibard, Steve Sem-Sandberg, and Pedro Uralde.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Leighton ranks 5,534 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Green (1905), Daniel Sharman (1986), J. I. Packer (1926), Alan Mowbray (1896), Alexander Wood (1907), and Anthony Taylor (1978). After him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Thomas Norton (1532), Steven Isserlis (1958), Abraham Beame (1906), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), and Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jim Leighton ranks 301. Before him are Gerry Byrne (1938), Luke Shaw (1995), John Wark (1957), Paul Dummett (1991), Bill McGarry (1927), and Alexander Wood (1907). After him are Tony Waiters (1937), George Moorhouse (1901), Johnny Douglas (1882), Peter Broadbent (1933), Alex McLeish (1959), and Ron Springett (1935).

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