SOCCER PLAYER

Joe Cole

1981 - Today

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Joseph John Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He is regarded by some commentators as one of the most talented English players of his generation and one of the most technically gifted English players of all time. Cole started his career with West Ham United, where, after breaking into the first team in January 1999, he played more than 120 Premier League games over five seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Cole has received more than 4,895,380 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Cole is the 2,771st most popular soccer player (down from 2,574th in 2019), the 3,519th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,616th in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joe Cole ranks 2,771 out of 21,273. Before him are Diego Tristán, Karl Stotz, Björn Andersson, Paolo Montero, Iuliu Baratky, and Beb Bakhuys. After him are Gianluca Pessotto, Alfred Aston, Ferenc Machos, Sergi Barjuán, Adnan Al Talyani, and Dinko Dermendzhiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Joe Cole ranks 88. Before him are Fredrik Backman, Michel Teló, Gustavo Dudamel, Jared Kushner, Mohamed Zidan, and Simon Ammann. After him are Tahar Rahim, Lucho González, Julius Malema, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Bilson, and Aurora Snow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Cole ranks 3,519 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Jones (1944), Natalia Tena (1984), W. W. Jacobs (1863), Osbert Salvin (1835), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), and Norman Smith (1923). After him are Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), Peter Whitehead (1914), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), William Frederick Denning (1848), Mary Stewart (1916), and W. J. Coffee (1774).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Joe Cole ranks 117. Before him are Peter Bonetti (1941), Simone Perrotta (1977), Billy McNeill (1940), Kyle Walker (1990), Graham Potter (1975), and George Cohen (1939). After him are Giuseppe Wilson (1945), Norman Hunter (1943), Peter Withe (1951), Laurie Cunningham (1956), Eric Brook (1907), and Phil Neal (1951).

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