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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 2,630,036 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Justin Fashanu is the 2,710th most popular soccer player (up from 3,725th in 2019), the 3,740th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,224th in 2019) and the 115th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Justin Fashanu ranks 2,710 out of 16,880. Before him are Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Khalid Boulahrouz, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Kim Vilfort, Jamie Carragher, and Carlos Marchena. After him are Yasuhito Endō, Masuyo Shiraishi, Henning Enoksen, Michu, Petit, and Miguel Ángel Santoro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Justin Fashanu ranks 238. Before him are Curt Smith, Yuri Milner, Yuri Malenchenko, Lauren Lane, József Szájer, and Birol Ünel. After him are Hideo Nakata, Anita Hegerland, Maggie Wheeler, Frank De Winne, Doc Rivers, and Campbell Scott. Among people deceased in 1998, Justin Fashanu ranks 219. Before him are Fred Alderman, Åke Seyffarth, Mae Questel, Cesare Perdisa, Patricia Hayes, and Jeanette Nolan. After him are Vladimir Dudintsev, Luis Cruz, Ilse Bing, Valerie Hobson, Anna Maria Ortese, and Pino Dordoni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Justin Fashanu ranks 3,740 out of 7,765. Before him are G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Peter Murphy (1957), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Roy Wood (1946), Eric A. Havelock (1903), and Jamie Carragher (1978). After him are Anne Treisman (1935), John Braine (1922), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Will Champion (1978), William McGregor (1846), and Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Justin Fashanu ranks 115. Before him are Simone Perrotta (1977), Peter Lorimer (1946), Gordon Strachan (1957), Joe Hart (1987), Ted Drake (1912), and Jamie Carragher (1978). After him are Nat Lofthouse (1925), Peter Withe (1951), David Pegg (1935), Ernest Payne (1884), Phil Neville (1977), and Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982).

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