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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 1,468,077 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Marc-Vivien Foé is the 1,174th most popular soccer player (up from 1,392nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Cameroon and the 5th most popular Cameroonian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 1,174 out of 16,880. Before him are Ladislav Novák, Djalminha, Müller, Sophus Nielsen, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, and Hassan Shehata. After him are Masashi Watanabe, Yozhef Sabo, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Enrique Collar, and Kazimierz Górski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 52. Before him are İlhan Mansız, Míchel Salgado, José Manuel Pinto, Cécile de France, Sophie Wilmès, and Joey Jordison. After him are Taika Waititi, Daron Malakian, Asia Argento, Roy Makaay, Jamie Oliver, and Christina Hendricks. Among people deceased in 2003, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 158. Before him are Albert Batteux, Adam Osborne, Saifuddin Azizi, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Hans Hermann Groër, and Hume Cronyn. After him are Selahattin Ülkümen, William Steig, João César Monteiro, Christopher Hill, Goffredo Petrassi, and Jorge Oteiza.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 11 out of 132. Before him are Samuel Eto'o (1981), Manu Dibango (1933), Issa Hayatou (1946), Thomas N'Kono (1956), Patrick M'Boma (1970), and Christian Tumi (1930). After him are Samuel Umtiti (1993), Achille Mbembe (1957), Rigobert Song (1976), Mongo Beti (1932), Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), and Philémon Yang (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Cameroon

Among soccer players born in Cameroon, Marc-Vivien Foé ranks 5. Before him are Roger Milla (1952), Samuel Eto'o (1981), Thomas N'Kono (1956), and Patrick M'Boma (1970). After him are Samuel Umtiti (1993), Rigobert Song (1976), Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Alex Song (1987), François Omam-Biyik (1966), Jacques Songo'o (1964), and Vincent Aboubakar (1992).

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