SOCCER PLAYER

Joan Capdevila

1978 - Today

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Joan Capdevila Méndez (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈaŋ kədːəˈβilə]; born 3 February 1978) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left-back. Over 15 seasons in La Liga, he amassed totals of 410 matches and 36 goals, mainly for Deportivo and Villarreal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Capdevila has received more than 857,886 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Joan Capdevila is the 1,276th most popular soccer player (up from 1,766th in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,228th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joan Capdevilas by language

Over the past year Joan Capdevila has had the most page views in the with 156,941 views, followed by Spanish (94,360), and French (24,806). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Thai (183.85%), Indonesian (146.45%), and Simple English (119.22%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joan Capdevila ranks 1,276 out of 21,273Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar, Hiroshi Katayama, Rihei Sano, Sachi Kagawa, Raymond Braine, and Antoine Cuissard. After him are Zdeněk Nehoda, Antal Dunai, Aldo Olivieri, Sotiris Kaiafas, Hans Bauer, and Masaki Yokotani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Joan Capdevila ranks 43Before him are Stana Katic, Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, Kumail Nanjiani, Daniel Van Buyten, Sandra Hüller, and Rio Ferdinand. After him are Ha Ji-won, Gabriel Heinze, Vanessa-Mae, Luis Fonsi, Igor Tudor, and Nicole Scherzinger.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joan Capdevila ranks 1,022 out of 3,355Before him are Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (1961), García Jiménez of Pamplona (800), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), Juan Alonso (1927), and Santiago Casares Quiroga (1884). After him are Joan Maragall (1860), Luis Rodríguez (1948), Pedro Salinas (1891), Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Ramón Grosso (1943), and José Luis Perales (1945).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Joan Capdevila ranks 104Before him are Luis Regueiro (1908), Luis Rubiales (1977), Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966), José Luis Mendilibar (1961), José Mari Bakero (1963), and Juan Alonso (1927). After him are Ramón Grosso (1943), Migueli (1951), Justo Tejada (1933), Nacho (1990), Juanito (1954), and Míchel Salgado (1975).