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Joseph Yobo

1980 - Today

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Joseph Michael Yobo (born 6 September 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He was the captain of the Nigerian national team until his international football retirement in June 2014, and was Nigeria's record appearance holder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Yobo has received more than 656,919 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Yobo is the 6,301st most popular soccer player (down from 5,608th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joseph Yobo ranks 6,301 out of 21,273. Before him are Marc Emmers, Diego Florentín, Zdravko Kuzmanović, André Kana-Biyik, Javi Moreno, and Luis Regueiro. After him are Robin Olsen, Nuno Valente, Seol Ki-hyeon, Kae Nishina, Antonio Donnarumma, and Grațian Sepi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Joseph Yobo ranks 261. Before him are Markus Winkelhock, Rachel Miner, Albert Pujols, Alexei Yagudin, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, and Javier Chevantón. After him are Karolina Gočeva, Nicolae Dică, Suella Braverman, Sarah Drew, Jin Goo, and Mark Bresciano.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Joseph Yobo ranks 80 out of 309. Before him are Rabiu Afolabi (1980), Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966), Michael Obiku (1968), Odion Ighalo (1989), Francis Obikwelu (1978), and John Obi Mikel (1987). After him are Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Peter Utaka (1984), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Umar Sadiq (1997), Kalu Uche (1982), and Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Joseph Yobo ranks 29. Before him are Victor Moses (1990), Rabiu Afolabi (1980), Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966), Michael Obiku (1968), Odion Ighalo (1989), and John Obi Mikel (1987). After him are Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Peter Utaka (1984), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Umar Sadiq (1997), Kalu Uche (1982), and John Utaka (1982).

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