1996 - Today
Kelechi Promise Iheanacho () (spelled Ịheanachọ in Igbo) (born 3 October 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Leicester City and the Nigeria national team. A prolific goalscorer with creative abilities, he was a highly promising talent during his youth. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kelechi Iheanacho has received more than 3,877,789 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Kelechi Iheanacho is the 2,492nd most popular soccer player (up from 3,806th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 46th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Kelechi Iheanacho ranks 2,492 out of 16,880. Before him are Łukasz Piszczek, Aldo Serena, Henry Carlsson, Antonio Campolo, Alberto Mario González, and Kurt Jara. After him are Milovan Jakšić, Božo Broketa, Raimond Aumann, Johann Horvath, Egon Jönsson, and Meho Kodro.
1985 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 2,486
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 2,487
1917 - 1999
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 2,488
1897 - 1959
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 2,489
1941 - 2023
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 2,490
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 2,491
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 2,492
1909 - 1953
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 2,493
1922 - 1985
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 2,494
1963 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 2,495
1903 - 1968
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 2,496
1921 - 2000
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 2,497
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 2,498
Among people born in 1996, Kelechi Iheanacho ranks 15. Before him are Jennie, Kingsley Coman, Lil Peep, Martin Garrix, Timo Werner, and Anya Taylor-Joy. After him are Patrik Schick, Benjamin Pavard, Pierre Gasly, Hailee Steinfeld, André Onana, and Bella Hadid.
1996 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 9
1996 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 10
1996 - 2017
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 11
1996 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 12
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 13
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 14
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 15
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 16
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 17
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 18
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 19
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 20
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 21
Among people born in Nigeria, Kelechi Iheanacho ranks 37 out of 236. Before him are Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Aliko Dangote (1957), and Tijani Babangida (1973). After him are Taribo West (1974), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Daniel Amokachi (1972), and Abubakar Shekau (1974).
1793 - 1864
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 31
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 32
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 33
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 34
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 35
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 36
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 37
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 38
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 39
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 40
1924 - 1966
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 42
1974 - 2021
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 43
Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Kelechi Iheanacho ranks 5. Before him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), and Tijani Babangida (1973). After him are Taribo West (1974), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Finidi George (1971), Sunday Oliseh (1974), and Victor Ikpeba (1973).
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1
1963 - 2012
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 2
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 3
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 4
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 12