1981 - Today
John Francis O'Shea (; born 30 April 1981) is an Irish professional football coach and former player. He was known for his versatility in playing several defensive and midfield positions on either side of the pitch or the centre. O'Shea spent the majority of his playing career at Manchester United, where he won five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, two Football League Cups, four FA Community Shields, the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John O'Shea has received more than 2,206,101 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). John O'Shea is the 3,129th most popular soccer player (up from 3,431st in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 245th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, John O'Shea ranks 3,129 out of 16,880. Before him are Christoph Metzelder, Nicolás Burdisso, Peter Dietrich, Carlo Cudicini, Marco Delvecchio, and Tugay Kerimoğlu. After him are Tim Cahill, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Thomas Linke, Néstor Togneri, Mario Stanić, and Sigmund Haringer.
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 3,123
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 3,124
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 3,125
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 3,126
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,127
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,128
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,129
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,130
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,131
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,132
1942 - 1999
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,133
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,134
1908 - 1975
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,135
Among people born in 1981, John O'Shea ranks 128. Before him are Paolo Cannavaro, Andreas Isaksson, Mahamadou Diarra, Elano, Azra Akın, and Nicolás Burdisso. After him are Park Hae-soo, Christina Milian, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Michiel Huisman, Audrey Tang, and Summer Glau.
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 122
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 123
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 124
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 125
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 126
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 127
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 128
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 129
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 130
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 131
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 132
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 133
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 134
Among people born in Ireland, John O'Shea ranks 248 out of 501. Before him are Rex Ingram (1892), Denis Irwin (1965), Victor Herbert (1859), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Stuart Townsend (1972), and Sara Allgood (1879). After him are Owen Moore (1886), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Liam Cosgrave (1920), Tim Ahearne (1885), Billy Whelan (1935), and Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110).
1892 - 1950
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 242
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 243
1859 - 1924
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 244
1665 - 1745
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 245
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 246
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 247
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 248
1886 - 1939
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 249
1872 - 1922
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 250
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 251
1885 - 1968
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 252
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 253
1110 - 1171
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 254
Among soccer players born in Ireland, John O'Shea ranks 6. Before him are Roy Keane (1971), Robbie Keane (1980), Arthur Johnson (1879), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), and Denis Irwin (1965). After him are Billy Whelan (1935), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Liam Brady (1956), Tony Dunne (1941), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), and John McKenna (1855).
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 1
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 2
1879 - 1920
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 3
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 4
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 6
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 7
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 9
1941 - 2020
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 10
1998 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 11
1855 - 1936
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 12