SOCCER PLAYER

John Moshoeu

1965 - 2015

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John "Shoes" Lesiba Moshoeu (18 December 1965 – 21 April 2015) was a South African football player who was part of the South African team that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations. He played as an attacking midfielder. Shoes, as he was best known to fans, was born in Ga Mashashane, Limpopo and grew up in Diepkloof, Soweto. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Moshoeu has received more than 148,483 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Moshoeu is the 7,967th most popular soccer player, the 264th most popular biography from South Africa and the 15th most popular South African Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Moshoeu ranks 7,967 out of 21,273. Before him are Lee Casciaro, Aristide Bancé, Sandro Cois, Carli Lloyd, Charles Itandje, and Max Meyer. After him are Ismaïl Aissati, Federico Giunti, Cristiano Biraghi, Behrang Safari, Junko Ozawa, and Ondrej Duda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, John Moshoeu ranks 664. Before him are J. B. Pritzker, David Vincent, Joey Santiago, Mary L. Trump, Reggie Lewis, and Billy Sherwood. After him are José Manuel de la Torre, Fabián Cancelarich, Stephen Gaghan, Bill Bailey, Jeff Nathanson, and Michael Goldenberg. Among people deceased in 2015, John Moshoeu ranks 532. Before him are Raúl Héctor Castro, Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Philip Levine, Bud Yorkin, Roy Tarpley, and Steve Gohouri. After him are Hot Rod Hundley, Miyu Matsuki, Al Arbour, Tahir Elçi, Andy Sutcliffe, and Bob Johnston.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, John Moshoeu ranks 264 out of 454. Before him are Zanele Muholi (1972), Caster Semenya (1991), Quinton Fortune (1977), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), Pierre Issa (1975), and Bryan Habana (1983). After him are Sasha Pieterse (1996), Moses Sithole (1964), ZP Theart (1975), Letta Mbulu (1942), David Bateson (1960), and Anele Ngcongca (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, John Moshoeu ranks 15. Before him are Mark González (1984), Hans Vonk (1970), Aaron Mokoena (1980), Quinton Fortune (1977), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), and Pierre Issa (1975). After him are Anele Ngcongca (1987), Matthew Booth (1977), Doctor Khumalo (1967), Shaun Bartlett (1972), Eudy Simelane (1977), and Sibusiso Zuma (1975).

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