1982 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Utaka has received more than 388,913 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. John Utaka is the 5,811th 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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Among soccer players, John Utaka ranks 5,811 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.
1999 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 5,805
1994 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 5,806
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 5,807
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 5,808
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 5,809
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 5,810
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 5,811
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 5,812
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 5,813
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 5,814
1954 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 5,815
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 5,816
1995 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 5,817
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.
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 281
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 282
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 283
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.89
Rank: 284
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.88
Rank: 285
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 286
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 287
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 288
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 289
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 290
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 291
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 292
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 293
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).
1998 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 69
1970 - 2009
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 70
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 71
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 72
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 73
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 74
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 75
1966 - 2015
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 76
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 77
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 78
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 79
1909 - 1987
HPI: 35.95
Rank: 80
1954 - 1991
HPI: 35.91
Rank: 81
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).
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 23
1998 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 24
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 25
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 26
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 27
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 28
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 29
1966 - 2015
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 30
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 31
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 32
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 33
1954 - 1991
HPI: 35.91
Rank: 34
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.68
Rank: 35