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John Toshack

1949 - Today

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John Benjamin Toshack (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager. He began his playing career as a teenager with his hometown club Cardiff City, becoming the youngest player to make an appearance for the side when he made his debut in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Toshack has received more than 1,039,084 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. John Toshack is the 447th most popular soccer player (up from 710th in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,734th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Toshack ranks 447 out of 16,880Before him are Tite, Jorge Solari, Alan Shearer, Hisao Kami, Hifuyo Uchida, and Mario Mandžukić. After him are Anghel Iordănescu, Edu Coimbra, Frank Lampard, Carlos Tevez, James Rodríguez, and Emerich Jenei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Toshack ranks 125Before him are Andy Kaufman, Robert Sternberg, Peter Agre, Quini, Geezer Butler, and Tom Pryce. After him are Brad Davis, Fernando Collor de Mello, Marc Ravalomanana, Bengt Holmström, Patrick Tambay, and Klaus Fischer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Toshack ranks 1,366 out of 7,765Before him are Alan Shearer (1970), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Steven Berkoff (1937), Tom Pryce (1949), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799). After him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Samuel Wallis (1728), Edward Lear (1812), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Thomas Sydenham (1624).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, John Toshack ranks 24Before him are Brian Clough (1935), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), Ian Rush (1961), and Alan Shearer (1970). After him are Frank Lampard (1978), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Fergus Suter (1857), Gareth Bale (1989), and Ally McCoist (1962).