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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 342,364 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. John Utaka is the 5,837th most popular soccer player (down from 5,806th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Utaka ranks 5,837 out of 16,880. Before him are Michaël Cuisance, Michael Olunga, Hiroshi Soejima, Patrice Garande, Dimitar Ivankov, and Paolo Negro. After him are Radoslav Kováč, Nicolas Nkoulou, Yann M'Vila, Alan Kennedy, Víctor Sánchez, and Enzo Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, John Utaka ranks 287. Before him are Mai Kuraki, Gillian Jacobs, Karim Ziani, Rudy Youngblood, Tal Ben Haim, and Server Djeparov. After him are Benjamin Walker, Laleh, Henrik Lundqvist, Ryu Seung-min, Vasili Berezutski, and Jay Bothroyd.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, John Utaka ranks 75 out of 236. Before him are Victor Osimhen (1998), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), John Obi Mikel (1987), Emmanuel Olisadebe (1978), Joseph Yobo (1980), and Emmanuel Emenike (1987). After him are Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966), Yakubu (1982), Peter Utaka (1984), Garba Lawal (1974), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), and Mudashiru Lawal (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, John Utaka ranks 29. Before him are Kalu Uche (1982), Victor Osimhen (1998), John Obi Mikel (1987), Emmanuel Olisadebe (1978), Joseph Yobo (1980), and Emmanuel Emenike (1987). After him are Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966), Yakubu (1982), Peter Utaka (1984), Garba Lawal (1974), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), and Victor Obinna (1987).

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