SOCCER PLAYER

John Utaka

1982 - Today

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John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker and is currently a youth coach at Montpellier HSC. He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Utaka.Utaka has played for several clubs across three continents, first for Arab Contractors, subsequently Ismaily of Egypt, and then spending a season playing for Al-Sadd of Qatar, before joining RC Lens and later Rennes in France. He has represented Nigeria at two World Cups and three Africa Cup of Nations since his debut in 2002. During his career he has mainly been utilised as a pacy winger making him a very effective element in a team's counter-attacking style of play. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Utaka has received more than 385,956 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). John Utaka is the 6,631st most popular soccer player (down from 5,810th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 75th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Utakas by language

Over the past year John Utaka has had the most page views in the with 41,062 views, followed by French (22,942), and Arabic (9,923). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (76.47%), Yoruba (42.43%), and French (39.59%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Utaka ranks 6,631 out of 21,273. Before him are Vanja Milinković-Savić, Davinson Sánchez, Sacha Boey, Carlos Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Moyá, and Weverton Pereira da Silva. After him are René Henriksen, Omar Al Somah, Andreas Samaris, Bernd Dreher, Guga, and Simon Poulsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, John Utaka ranks 267. Before him are Carlos Delfino, Missy Peregrym, Hong Yong-jo, Cécile Cassel, Pere Aragonès, and Jenn Suhr. After him are Ariel Lin, Pihla Viitala, DaMarcus Beasley, Vasili Berezutski, Martin Starr, and Ruth Wilson.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, John Utaka ranks 87 out of 309. Before him are Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Peter Utaka (1984), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Umar Sadiq (1997), Kalu Uche (1982), and Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809). After him are Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Peter Okpaleke (1963), Uche Okafor (1967), Babatunde Olatunji (1927), and Haruna Babangida (1982).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, John Utaka ranks 35. Before him are Joseph Yobo (1980), Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Peter Utaka (1984), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Umar Sadiq (1997), and Kalu Uche (1982). After him are Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Uche Okafor (1967), Haruna Babangida (1982), Yakubu (1982), Garba Lawal (1974), and Julius Aghahowa (1982).

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