SOCCER PLAYER

Marc-Vivien Foé

1975 - 2003

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Marc-Vivien Foé (1 May 1975 – 26 June 2003) was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder for both club and country. Having initially played for Canon Yaoundé, Foé went on to play professionally in Ligue 1 and the Premier League with Lens, West Ham United, Lyon and Manchester City. On 26 June 2003, Foé died suddenly during an international match for Cameroon, an event which shocked the football community worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc-Vivien Foé has received more than 1,550,320 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Marc-Vivien Foé is the 1,234th most popular soccer player (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 10th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Cameroonian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 1,234 out of 21,273. Before him are Samir Nasri, Steve McManaman, Roger Hunt, Péter Palotás, José Della Torre, and Nobuyuki Oishi. After him are Blagoje Marjanović, Ousmane Dembélé, Daniel Van Buyten, Armando Castellazzi, Yuki Fushimi, and Moacir Claudino Pinto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 51. Before him are Maria Zakharova, Albin Kurti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Terence Tao, Fergie, and Tiger Woods. After him are Jonah Lomu, Suriya, Michael Bublé, Allen Iverson, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, and Míchel Salgado. Among people deceased in 2003, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 144. Before him are Bernard Williams, Leopoldo Trieste, Tadao Horie, Nello Pagani, Henryk Jabłoński, and Giorgio Gaber. After him are Ahmadou Kourouma, Sam Phillips, João César Monteiro, Hope Lange, Milton George Henschel, and Wilfred Thesiger.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 11 out of 156. Before him are Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), Manu Dibango (1933), Thomas N'Kono (1956), André Onana (1996), and Patrick M'Boma (1970). After him are Achille Mbembe (1957), Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Rigobert Song (1976), Joseph Ngute (1954), Samuel Umtiti (1993), and Mongo Beti (1932).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Cameroon

Among soccer players born in Cameroon, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 6. Before him are Roger Milla (1952), Samuel Eto'o (1981), Thomas N'Kono (1956), André Onana (1996), and Patrick M'Boma (1970). After him are Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Rigobert Song (1976), Samuel Umtiti (1993), Vincent Aboubakar (1992), François Omam-Biyik (1966), and Jacques Songo'o (1964).

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