SOCCER PLAYER

Masanori Tokita

1925 - 2004

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Masanori Tokita (鴇田 正憲, Tokita Masanori), June 24, 1925 – March 5, 2004, was a Japanese football player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masanori Tokita has received more than 10,447 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Masanori Tokita is the 495th most popular soccer player (down from 437th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 487th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Masanori Tokita is most famous for his "Hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup. Tokita was the goalkeeper for Japan and at the beginning of the game, he made a save off a shot from England. In the second half, he then punched the ball into the goal, which England players protested that it was a handball. The referee allowed the goal to stand and Japan won 2-1.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Masanori Tokita ranks 495 out of 21,273. Before him are Shozo Tsugitani, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Lukas Podolski, Guy Roux, Alexis Sánchez, and Vincenzo Montella. After him are Michel Hidalgo, Clodoaldo, Erik ten Hag, Tarcisio Burgnich, Hans Schäfer, and Max Morlock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Masanori Tokita ranks 115. Before him are Michel Bouquet, Alexandre do Nascimento, Gore Vidal, Luciano Leggio, Aliya Moldagulova, and Warren Christopher. After him are Max Morlock, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Farley Granger, Jenő Buzánszky, Alexander Shulgin, and Antoine Gizenga. Among people deceased in 2004, Masanori Tokita ranks 76. Before him are Tom Wesselmann, Frances Shand Kydd, Thanom Kittikachorn, Nino Manfredi, Rafael Eitan, and Marco Pantani. After him are Harold Shipman, Miki Matsubara, Serge Reggiani, Jean Rouch, Uta Hagen, and Olga Ladyzhenskaya.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masanori Tokita ranks 482 out of 6,245. Before him are Noboru Takeshita (1924), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Ichijō (980), Shozo Tsugitani (1940), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), and Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536). After him are Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), Miki Matsubara (1959), Satoru Iwata (1959), and Soemu Toyoda (1885).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Masanori Tokita ranks 53. Before him are Shunichi Kumai (1910), Hirokazu Ninomiya (1917), Teiichi Matsumaru (1909), Hidetoshi Nakata (1977), Shozo Tsugitani (1940), and Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950). After him are Hifuyo Uchida (null), Nobuo Matsunaga (1921), Junji Kawano (1945), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942), Masao Ono (1923), and Reizo Fukuhara (1931).

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