SOCCER PLAYER

Koo Ja-cheol

1989 - Today

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Koo Ja-cheol (Korean: 구자철; Korean pronunciation: [ku.dʑa.tɕʰʌl] or [ku] [tɕa.tɕʰʌl]; born 27 February 1989) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Koo is one of the three most successful South Korean players with careers in the German Bundesliga, alongside Cha Bum-kun and Son Heung-min. He played for VfL Wolfsburg, FC Augsburg and Mainz 05 with 211 Bundesliga appearances. He also captained the South Korea national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and won a bronze medal in the Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koo Ja-cheol has received more than 475,950 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Koo Ja-cheol is the 6,671st most popular soccer player (down from 6,348th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 533rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular South Korean Soccer Player.

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  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Koo Ja-cheol ranks 6,671 out of 21,273. Before him are Kaoru Nagadome, Alexandre Lopes, Ledley King, Eugenio Corini, Bruno Soriano, and Rúben Semedo. After him are Ignacio Ambríz, Mike Bookie, Ruben Buriani, Tomáš Řepka, Sandro Wagner, and Steven Bergwijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Koo Ja-cheol ranks 189. Before him are David Henrie, Omar Al Somah, Rıza Kayaalp, Andreas Samaris, Etrit Berisha, and Belinda Peregrín. After him are Jung Yong-hwa, Vladimír Weiss, Travis Kelce, Éverton Ribeiro, Mikel Landa, and Adrien Silva.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Koo Ja-cheol ranks 526 out of 1,128. Before him are Joo Sae-hyuk (1980), Lee Young-pyo (1977), Lee So-yeon (1982), Yoo Seung-ho (1993), Kim Yeon-koung (1988), and Han Seung-yeon (1988). After him are Jung Yong-hwa (1989), Park Ha-sun (1987), Jin Se-yeon (1994), Suho (1991), Noh Jung-yoon (1971), and Jang Ki-yong (1992).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Korea

Among soccer players born in South Korea, Koo Ja-cheol ranks 32. Before him are Lee Jung-soo (1980), Park Chang-sun (1954), Seo Jung-won (1970), Seol Ki-hyeon (1979), Ha Seok-ju (1968), and Lee Young-pyo (1977). After him are Noh Jung-yoon (1971), Hwang Ui-jo (1992), Jung Woo-young (1989), Cho Gue-sung (1998), Chung Hae-won (1959), and Lee Keun-ho (1985).

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