SOCCER PLAYER

Joel Obi

1991 - Today

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Joel Chukwuma Obi (born 22 May 1991), known as Joel Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie C Group B club Vis Pesaro and the Nigeria national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Obi has received more than 355,242 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Joel Obi is the 10,677th most popular soccer player (down from 6,809th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 84th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joel Obis by language

Over the past year Joel Obi has had the most page views in the with 43,684 views, followed by English (17,577), and Japanese (2,005). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (738.71%), Uzbek (123.39%), and Malagasy (74.76%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joel Obi ranks 10,677 out of 21,273. Before him are Edwin Tenorio, Stefano Lilipaly, Joachim Andersen, Patrick Kisnorbo, Renan Brito Soares, and Ian Crook. After him are Frode Olsen, Koki Machida, Maarten Martens, Rodrigo Muñoz, Nobuyasu Ikeda, and Kim Young-chul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Joel Obi ranks 414. Before him are Polona Hercog, Alice Isaaz, Yasemin Adar, Simon Deli, Baiba Bendika, and Ihor Kostenko. After him are Dina Garipova, Serdar Dursun, Jota, Luka Milivojević, Lucy Bronze, and Farruko.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Joel Obi ranks 140 out of 309. Before him are Anthony Nwakaeme (1989), Toks Olagundoye (1975), Daniel Igali (1974), Isaac Okoronkwo (1978), Jaycee John Okwunwanne (1985), and Shola Ameobi (1981). After him are Wizkid (1990), Michael Babatunde (1992), Brown Ideye (1988), Alex Iwobi (1996), Henry Onyekuru (1997), and Burna Boy (1991).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Joel Obi ranks 65. Before him are Razak Omotoyossi (1985), Godwin Okpara (1972), Anthony Nwakaeme (1989), Isaac Okoronkwo (1978), Jaycee John Okwunwanne (1985), and Shola Ameobi (1981). After him are Michael Babatunde (1992), Brown Ideye (1988), Alex Iwobi (1996), Henry Onyekuru (1997), Simeon Nwankwo (1992), and Joseph Akpala (1986).

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