SOCCER PLAYER

Joseph Mermans

1922 - 1996

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Josephus Antoon Louisa "Jef" Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), nicknamed "The Bomber", was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won seven Belgian Championship titles and finished top scorer of this competition three times. He played 405 games and scored 369 goals for Anderlecht, making him the club's all time topscorer.Mermans played 56 matches with the Belgium national football team, 2 of which were in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Mermans has received more than 50,936 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Joseph Mermans is the 1,499th most popular soccer player (down from 1,216th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 427th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joseph Mermans by language

Over the past year Joseph Mermans has had the most page views in the with 5,885 views, followed by French (4,376), and Dutch (2,922). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (269.40%), Turkmen (170.12%), and Southern Azerbaijani (112.70%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joseph Mermans ranks 1,499 out of 21,273. Before him are Jan Olsson, Ray Clemence, Andrés Mazali, Roman Weidenfeller, Mateja Kežman, and Zaur Kaloev. After him are Luciano Re Cecconi, Armando Picchi, Neco, Shiro Misaki, Rogelio Domínguez, and Fred.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Joseph Mermans ranks 219. Before him are Bigode, Georges Cottier, Angel Wagenstein, Burt Kennedy, Vladimir Etush, and Juan Carlos Lorenzo. After him are Pino Cerami, Simon Hantaï, Roberto Aballay, Roland Dumas, Martin Gray, and Bhimsen Joshi. Among people deceased in 1996, Joseph Mermans ranks 144. Before him are Amata Kabua, Emile Habibi, Tamara Toumanova, Idries Shah, Jack Nance, and Henri Nouwen. After him are Zulfiya, José Manuel Fuente, Inger Jacobsen, Danilo Alvim, Edmund Muskie, and Teodoro Fernández.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Joseph Mermans ranks 474 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Vantongerloo (1886), Pieter Boel (1622), Arno (1949), Gerard de Lairesse (1640), Olivier Gendebien (1924), and Joseph Lebeau (1794). After him are Giaches de Wert (1535), Romain Maes (1912), David Vinckboons (1576), Sylvère Maes (1909), Benoît Poelvoorde (1964), and Jacob de Gheyn II (1565).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Joseph Mermans ranks 26. Before him are Radja Nainggolan (1988), Axel Witsel (1989), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Raymond Braine (1907), and Georges Heylens (1941). After him are Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Louis Van Hege (1889), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Vincent Kompany (1986), Jacques Duquesne (1940), and Walter Meeuws (1951).

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