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Karim Benzema

1987 - Today

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Karim Mostafa Benzema (Arabic: كريم مصطفى بن زيما; born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad. Regarded as one of the best strikers of all time, he is a creative forward known for his technical skills, vision and versatility on the field, Benzema is Real Madrid's all-time second-highest goalscorer and top assist provider. He won 25 trophies with Real Madrid, including four La Liga, three Copa del Rey, and five UEFA Champions League titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karim Benzema has received more than 21,142,840 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Karim Benzema is the 155th most popular soccer player (up from 168th in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from France (up from 1,210th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Soccer Player.

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  • 21M

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  • 63.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 94

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Karim Benzema ranks 155 out of 21,273. Before him are Bora Milutinović, Ivica Osim, Tameo Ide, Gunnar Gren, Grzegorz Lato, and Pavel Nedvěd. After him are Thierry Henry, Ademir de Menezes, Andrés Iniesta, Didier Drogba, Héctor Scarone, and Davor Šuker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Karim Benzema ranks 3. Before him are Lionel Messi, and Novak Djokovic. After him are Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Leonardo Bonucci, Sebastian Vettel, Gerard Piqué, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lee Min-ho, and Sami Khedira.

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In France

Among people born in France, Karim Benzema ranks 964 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Jean-Pierre Papin (1963), Childebert III (678), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), and André-Hercule de Fleury (1653). After him are Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Laura de Noves (1310), Thierry Henry (1977), Jules de Polignac (1780), Jacques Demy (1931), and Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Karim Benzema ranks 7. Before him are Zinedine Zidane (1972), Michel Platini (1955), Raymond Kopa (1931), Eric Cantona (1966), Didier Deschamps (1968), and Lucien Laurent (1907). After him are Thierry Henry (1977), Laurent Blanc (1965), Franck Ribéry (1983), Philippe Troussier (1955), Aimé Jacquet (1941), and Antoine Griezmann (1991).

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