SOCCER PLAYER

Mathieu Valbuena

1984 - Today

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Mathieu Valbuena (French pronunciation: [matjø valbwena]; Spanish: [balˈβwena]: born 28 September 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol. He occasionally plays as a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He is described by his former coach at Libourne Saint-Seurin, Didier Tholot, as "an explosive player who is capable of quickly taking two opponents out of the game to create space, above all due to his dribbling skills." Due to his small stature, Valbuena is nicknamed le petit vélo, which translates to "the little bike".Valbuena began his career at professional club Bordeaux. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathieu Valbuena has received more than 2,265,111 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Mathieu Valbuena is the 1,992nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,062nd in 2019), the 3,918th most popular biography from France (down from 3,115th in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mathieu Valbuenas by language

Over the past year Mathieu Valbuena has had the most page views in the with 212,904 views, followed by English (150,337), and Spanish (35,415). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (111.67%), Occitan (87.45%), and Latvian (82.13%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mathieu Valbuena ranks 1,992 out of 21,273. Before him are Gabriel Milito, Dadá Maravilha, Aleksandre Chivadze, Julio Olarticoechea, Nuno Espírito Santo, and Pedro de Felipe. After him are Carlos Borges, Mario David, Jenő Károly, Vladimir Muntyan, Ernesto Grillo, and Marcos Senna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Mathieu Valbuena ranks 41. Before him are Samir Handanović, Branislav Ivanović, Lena Katina, Ross Ulbricht, Per Mertesacker, and Marija Šerifović. After him are Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland, Badr Hari, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Helene Fischer, Stephan Lichtsteiner, and Vágner Love.

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In France

Among people born in France, Mathieu Valbuena ranks 3,918 out of 6,770. Before him are Albert Ayat (1875), Robert Herbin (1939), René Pottier (1879), Richard Berry (1950), Joseph, Duke of Parma (1875), and Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889). After him are Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Gabrielle Wittkop (1920), Rémy Belleau (1528), Émile Coste (1862), and Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Mathieu Valbuena ranks 98. Before him are André-Pierre Gignac (1985), Marcel Langiller (1908), Marcel Domingo (1924), Bruno Rodzik (1935), Philippe Mexès (1982), and Robert Herbin (1939). After him are Alain Boghossian (1970), René Petit (1899), Kingsley Coman (1996), Grégory Coupet (1972), Benjamin Pavard (1996), and Lassana Diarra (1985).

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