SOCCER PLAYER

Justin Fashanu

1961 - 1998

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Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu ( FASH-ə-noo; 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly later in his career, becoming the first professional footballer to be openly gay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Justin Fashanu has received more than 2,737,092 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Justin Fashanu is the 4,520th most popular soccer player (down from 2,710th in 2019), the 4,656th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,732nd in 2019) and the 211th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Justin Fashanu ranks 4,520 out of 21,273. Before him are Tivadar Monostori, Yozhef Betsa, Les Ferdinand, Thomas Mavros, Luciano Vietto, and Casiano Delvalle. After him are Marcelinho Paraíba, Christian Corrêa Dionisio, Manuel Akanji, Georges Carnus, Masaaki Kato, and Ramón Quiroga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Justin Fashanu ranks 380. Before him are Aldo Costa, Margaret Mazzantini, Kim Deal, David Choquehuanca, Jim Hanks, and Corrado Fabi. After him are Dan Marino, Elena Yakovleva, Jasmin Repeša, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, and George Lopez. Among people deceased in 1998, Justin Fashanu ranks 271. Before him are Binnie Barnes, Mae Questel, Jesús Loroño, Ernst Ising, Eldridge Cleaver, and Naim Talu. After him are Louis Chaillot, Alberto Calderón, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Valerio Perentin, Norman Fell, and Gennady Yevryuzhikhin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Justin Fashanu ranks 4,656 out of 8,785. Before him are Les Ferdinand (1966), Emily Davies (1830), Alistair Petrie (1970), Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869), Robert Morris (1734), and Thomas Pennant (1726). After him are John Wain (1925), Micky Moody (1950), Alice Greene (1879), Pete Doherty (1979), Rik Mayall (1958), and Dev Patel (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Justin Fashanu ranks 211. Before him are Dele Alli (1996), Billy Bingham (1931), Howard Kendall (1946), Tony Cascarino (1962), Gerry Hitchens (1934), and Les Ferdinand (1966). After him are Adam Lallana (1988), Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998), Terry McDermott (1951), Tony Woodcock (1955), Kieran Trippier (1990), and Jermain Defoe (1982).

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