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Josip Šimunić

1978 - Today

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Josip "Joe" Šimunić (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip ʃǐmunitɕ]; born 18 February 1978) is a retired footballer and current president of NK Rudeš. Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then moved to Germany where he spent 14 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim before finishing his career in Croatia with Dinamo Zagreb. He played for Croatia from 2001 to 2013, appeared in five major tournaments for Croatia – 2002 and 2006 World Cups, as well as the 2004, 2008 and 2012 European Championships – and is the fifth most capped player in the history of the Croatia national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josip Šimunić has received more than 341,114 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Josip Šimunić is the 4,424th most popular soccer player (down from 4,136th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Australia (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josip Šimunić ranks 4,424 out of 16,880. Before him are Stjepan Deverić, David Rozehnal, Antony, Yukitaka Omi, Archil Arveladze, and Nelson Vivas. After him are Vitaliy Parakhnevych, Victor Lindelöf, Dragomir Tošić, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Leopoldo Vallejos, and Yuya Osako.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Josip Šimunić ranks 220. Before him are Emile Heskey, Homare Sawa, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Summer Phoenix, Bushido, and Sandra Hüller. After him are Louise Brown, Santiago Cabrera, Jamie Clayton, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Veerle Baetens, and Lyoto Machida.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Josip Šimunić ranks 296 out of 925. Before him are Kim So-hyun (1999), Thelma Coyne Long (1918), Hubert Wilkins (1888), Robert Hughes (1938), Joseph Lyons (1879), and Frank Gambale (1958). After him are Arthur Fadden (1894), Paul England (1929), Robert Helpmann (1909), Gail Chanfreau (1945), Banjo Paterson (1864), and Pat Rafter (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Australia

Among soccer players born in Australia, Josip Šimunić ranks 7. Before him are Mark Schwarzer (1972), Aurelio Vidmar (1967), Tim Cahill (1979), Harry Kewell (1978), Mark Viduka (1975), and Zeljko Kalac (1972). After him are Matthew Bingley (1971), Avraam Papadopoulos (1984), Mark Bresciano (1980), Frank Farina (1964), Ned Zelic (1971), and Joshua Kennedy (1982).

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