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Leighton Baines

1984 - Today

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Leighton John Baines (born 11 December 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the Professional Development Coach and U-18s head coach at Everton. Baines started his career with Wigan Athletic, and was part of the team that won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 League Cup final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leighton Baines has received more than 1,934,617 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Leighton Baines is the 7,781st most popular soccer player (down from 6,171st in 2019), the 6,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,641st in 2019) and the 415th most popular British Soccer Player.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leighton Baines ranks 7,781 out of 21,273. Before him are Mark Bosnich, Javier Balboa, Nawaf Al-Temyat, Pablo Marí, Giorgi Demetradze, and Rafael Bastos. After him are Gonzalo Jara, Erik Edman, Odisseas Vlachodimos, Ronny Johnsen, Diego Capel, and Takashi Usami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Leighton Baines ranks 323. Before him are Dušan Basta, Duffer brothers, Jack Antonoff, Trevor Noah, Ahna O'Reilly, and Bruno. After him are Lee Ho, Zhu Zhu, Kostja Ullmann, Carlos Alberto, Nicolás Pareja, and Jesús Dátolo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leighton Baines ranks 6,280 out of 8,785. Before him are Shaka Hislop (1969), Lady Gabriella Kingston (1981), Craig Fairbrass (1964), John Oliver (1977), John Inman (1935), and Sonia Robertson (1947). After him are Judy Grinham (1939), Marc Quinn (1964), Carl Fogarty (1965), Ross Barkley (1993), John Hollins (1946), and Jimmy McIlroy (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Leighton Baines ranks 415. Before him are Lee Dixon (1964), Dave Sexton (1930), Colin Todd (1948), Aaron Ramsdale (1998), Ademola Lookman (1997), and Shaka Hislop (1969). After him are Ross Barkley (1993), John Hollins (1946), Jimmy McIlroy (1931), Jamie Redknapp (1973), Wayne Bridge (1980), and Dalian Atkinson (1968).

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