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John Harkes

1967 - Today

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John Andrew Harkes (born March 8, 1967) is an American soccer coach and former professional player who last coached Greenville Triumph SC. A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Harkes was the first American to play in the English Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday, the second American to score at Wembley, and the first American soccer player to appear in the final of a major English tournament, in the 1991 Football League Cup Final with Sheffield Wednesday. After moving to Major League Soccer in 1996, he won two MLS Cup titles with D.C. United. A mainstay in the U.S. national team midfield for most of the 1990s, Harkes appeared in two FIFA World Cup tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Harkes has received more than 559,871 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Harkes is the 11,969th most popular soccer player (down from 11,858th in 2019), the 17,198th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,300th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Harkes ranks 11,969 out of 21,273. Before him are Uroš Matić, Leo Skiri Østigård, Franck Atsou, Igor Paixão, Tomoyoshi Ikeya, and André Felipe Ribeiro de Souza. After him are Necip Uysal, Yuta Minami, César Montes, Igor Chugainov, Nathaniel Chalobah, and Joe-Max Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, John Harkes ranks 843. Before him are Steve Pemberton, Fernando Henrique Mariano, Marina Trandenkova, Makoto Atsuta, Tommy Page, and Akira Kawaguchi. After him are Malini Awasthi, Bettina Soriat, Randolph Bresnik, Mookie Blaylock, Mick Mulvaney, and Christophe Capelle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Harkes ranks 17,198 out of 20,380. Before him are Perry Saturn (1966), Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (1976), Carolyn Murphy (1974), Mary T. Meagher (1964), Soulja Boy (1990), and Olivia Holt (1997). After him are John Pizzarelli (1960), Joe-Max Moore (1971), Rob Letterman (1970), Pamela Geller (1958), Sharon Van Etten (1981), and Elizabeth Edwards (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, John Harkes ranks 79. Before him are Peter Vermes (1966), Mike Burns (1970), John O'Brien (1977), Konrad de la Fuente (2001), Julián Araujo (2001), and Matt Turner (1994). After him are Joe-Max Moore (1971), Gyasi Zardes (1991), Chris Armas (1972), Jordan Pefok (1996), Tiffeny Milbrett (1972), and Kyle Beckerman (1982).

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