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SOCCER PLAYER

Laurie Cunningham

1956 - 1989

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Laurence Paul Cunningham (8 March 1956 – 15 July 1989) was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger. He notably played in England, France, and Spain, where he became the first-ever British player to sign for Real Madrid. Cunningham had signed a schoolboy contract with Arsenal in 1970, but was released in 1972 as his style of play was deemed incompatible with the Gunners' "give and go" tactics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurie Cunningham has received more than 1,004,903 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurie Cunningham is the 4,137th most popular soccer player (down from 3,855th in 2019), the 4,652nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,312th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Laurie Cunningham ranks 4,137 out of 16,880. Before him are Pavel Badea, Alain Sutter, Dragutin Najdanović, Alexandru Cuedan, Andreas Christensen, and Nuno Valente. After him are Antonio Benarrivo, Divock Origi, Adam Lallana, Kyoko Kuroda, Franco Tancredi, and Víctor Aristizábal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Laurie Cunningham ranks 416. Before him are Ștefan Rusu, Péter Besenyei, Janice E. Voss, Lutz Eigendorf, Ana Rosa Quintana, and Theodoros Kontidis. After him are Bent Hamer, Sergio Brio, Giuliana De Sio, Kumiko Okae, Imanol Arias, and Avi Wigderson. Among people deceased in 1989, Laurie Cunningham ranks 247. Before him are Hilda Strike, Willi Horn, Lynn Bari, Erich Herrmann, Fernando Martín Espina, and Willie Steele. After him are Hemanta Mukherjee, Ernesto Formenti, Woody Shaw, Brian Naylor, Chris Gueffroy, and Lennox Berkeley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laurie Cunningham ranks 4,652 out of 7,765. Before him are Frank Morley (1860), James Thornhill (1675), Brian Moore (1921), Richard Barbieri (1957), Adam Ant (1954), and Vivien Merchant (1929). After him are Paddy Considine (1973), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Rupert Holmes (1947), Adam Lallana (1988), Michael Hordern (1911), and Henry Taylor (1932).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Laurie Cunningham ranks 202. Before him are Tammy Abraham (1997), Les Ferdinand (1966), David Platt (1966), Dele Alli (1996), Alex Stepney (1942), and Mason Mount (1999). After him are Adam Lallana (1988), Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998), Mark Jones (1933), Phil Foden (2000), Kieran Trippier (1990), and Joe Spence (1898).

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