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Matthew Upson

1979 - Today

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Matthew James Upson (born 18 April 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Upson played for England at full international level including at the 2010 World Cup. Upson started his career with Bedfordshire club Luton Town before he joined Premier League club Arsenal for a fee of £2 million in May 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Upson has received more than 912,972 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Matthew Upson is the 10,321st most popular soccer player (down from 9,582nd in 2019), the 6,899th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,377th in 2019) and the 560th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Matthew Upson ranks 10,321 out of 21,273. Before him are Megumi Ogawa, Hugo Leal, Lassad Nouioui, Constantinos Charalambidis, Jaime Valdés, and Akimasa Tsukamoto. After him are Donorovyn Lümbengarav, Fabiano Eller, Elyaniv Barda, Luigi Sartor, Kenan Yıldız, and Vladimir Manchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Matthew Upson ranks 704. Before him are Laura Huhtasaari, Nemanja Vučićević, Maxim Afinogenov, Silvia Navarro, Aaron Yoo, and Caroline Ouellette. After him are Juris Laizāns, Andreas Küttel, Niklas Hagman, Manuel Quinziato, Lauris Reiniks, and Mikel Astarloza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Upson ranks 6,899 out of 8,785. Before him are Daniel Jones (1973), Tamsin Greig (1966), Anjem Choudary (1967), Mo Mowlam (1949), Albert Quixall (1933), and Richard Dannatt (1950). After him are Dave Brailsford (1964), Jamaal Lascelles (1993), Rachael Stirling (1977), Gemma Atkinson (1984), Charlotte Dujardin (1985), and Tom Blyth (1995).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Matthew Upson ranks 560. Before him are Terry Fenwick (1959), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (1997), John Collins (1968), Ryan Kent (1996), David Batty (1968), and Albert Quixall (1933). After him are Jamaal Lascelles (1993), Alan Curbishley (1957), Trevor Steven (1963), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (1997), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), and Gary Gillespie (1960).

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