SOCCER PLAYER

Marco Verratti

1992 - Today

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Marco Verratti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko verˈratti]; born 5 November 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central-midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi and the Italy national team. A technically gifted playmaker, Verratti began his career with Italian club Pescara in 2008, where he soon rose to prominence as one of the best young midfielders in Europe, helping the team to win the 2011–12 Serie B title, and winning the 2012 Bravo Award. His playing style drew comparisons with Andrea Pirlo, due to his passing ability, vision, and control, as well as his similar transition from the role of trequartista to that of a regista. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marco Verratti has received more than 4,181,146 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Marco Verratti is the 990th most popular soccer player (up from 1,164th in 2019), the 2,470th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,713th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marco Verrattis by language

Over the past year Marco Verratti has had the most page views in the with 684,856 views, followed by French (507,279), and Italian (455,864). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (572.16%), Simple English (304.17%), and Korean (258.28%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marco Verratti ranks 990 out of 21,273Before him are Aleksandar Tirnanić, George Knobel, Mario Götze, Paulo Cézar Caju, Milan Baroš, and Motoo Tatsuhara. After him are Karl Koller, Bernard Chiarelli, Karel Poborský, Koji Sasaki, Roberto Martínez, and Jean Vincent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Marco Verratti ranks 14Before him are Son Heung-min, Marc-André ter Stegen, Miley Cyrus, Álvaro Morata, Dani Carvajal, and Mario Götze. After him are Philippe Coutinho, Mohamed Salah, David Alaba, Isco, Phil Jones, and Christian Eriksen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Verratti ranks 2,470 out of 5,161Before him are Danny Huston (1962), Domenico Tardini (1888), Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535), Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (1944), Giovanni Aldini (1762), and Ranuccio Farnese (1530). After him are Giancarlo Antognoni (1954), Scipione Rebiba (1504), Pellegrino Rossi (1787), Giorgio Almirante (1914), Lorenzo Celsi (1310), and Sandro Munari (1940).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Marco Verratti ranks 83Before him are Franco Causio (1949), Ferruccio Valcareggi (1919), Ugo Locatelli (1916), Dino Baggio (1971), Mauro Tassotti (1960), and Paolo Di Canio (1968). After him are Giancarlo Antognoni (1954), Attilio Ferraris (1904), Pietro Vierchowod (1959), Eraldo Monzeglio (1906), Guido Masetti (1907), and Massimo Bonini (1959).