SOCCER PLAYER

Kenny Dalglish

1951 - Today

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Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as well as one of Celtic's, Liverpool's and Britain's greatest ever players. During his career, he made 338 appearances for Celtic and 515 for Liverpool, playing as a forward, and earned a record 102 caps for the Scotland national team, scoring 30 goals, also a joint record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Dalglish has received more than 5,655,671 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Kenny Dalglish is the 184th most popular soccer player (down from 145th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 768th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Soccer Player.

Kenny Dalglish was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s. Dalglish won a total of three European Cups, five league titles, and two FA Cups. He also managed Liverpool during the 1990s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kenny Dalglish ranks 184 out of 21,273. Before him are Stjepan Bobek, Clarence Seedorf, Carles Rexach, Telmo Zarra, Vittorio Pozzo, and Günter Netzer. After him are Luis Suárez, Thomas Tuchel, Héctor Castro, Andrea Pirlo, Johnny Rep, and Pedro Cea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kenny Dalglish ranks 39. Before him are Blaise Compaoré, Queen Noor of Jordan, Elio Di Rupo, Nikolai Patrushev, Bertie Ahern, and Chris Rea. After him are Johnny Rep, Nicu Ceaușescu, Anjelica Huston, René van de Kerkhof, Jarmila Kratochvílová, and Kathryn Bigelow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenny Dalglish ranks 718 out of 8,785. Before him are John Franklin (1786), John Cale (1942), James Macpherson (1736), John Paul Jones (1946), George Darwin (1845), and William Byrd (1543). After him are Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Charles Vane (1680), Matt Busby (1909), William Tyndale (1494), John Cockcroft (1897), and Robert Grosseteste (1175).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Kenny Dalglish ranks 11. Before him are Gordon Banks (1937), Bobby Moore (1941), Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kevin Keegan (1951), and Peter Shilton (1949). After him are Gary Lineker (1960), Duncan Edwards (1936), Brian Clough (1935), Phil Neville (1977), Ryan Giggs (1973), and Ian Rush (1961).

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