SOCCER PLAYER

McDonald Mariga

1987 - Today

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McDonald Mariga Wanyama (pronounced [məkˈdɒnʌld məˈriːɡɑ wɑˈɲɑːmɑ] ; born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the first Kenyan footballer to play in the UEFA Champions League, for Inter Milan on 16 March 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of McDonald Mariga has received more than 676,455 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. McDonald Mariga is the 8,316th most popular soccer player (down from 7,022nd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Kenya (down from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kenyan Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, McDonald Mariga ranks 8,316 out of 21,273. Before him are Mozart, Yu Kobayashi, Hideto Suzuki, Irfan Bachdim, Hiroshi Kobayashi, and Facundo Ferreyra. After him are Julio César Jiménez, Francisco, Luis Cristaldo, Ike Shorunmu, Edwin Uehara, and Paolo De Ceglie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, McDonald Mariga ranks 359. Before him are Becky Lynch, Mikhail Kukushkin, Samira Wiley, Willy Aubameyang, Charlotte Kalla, and Yu Kobayashi. After him are Jérémy Chardy, Anele Ngcongca, Charlotte Wessels, Zlatko Junuzović, Martin Harnik, and Monica Niculescu.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, McDonald Mariga ranks 62 out of 150. Before him are Robert Wangila (1967), Catherine Ndereba (1972), Noah Ngeny (1978), Paddy Lowe (1962), Benjamin Limo (1974), and Tom Mboya (1930). After him are Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (1982), Joseph Keter (1969), Abel Kirui (1982), Billy Konchellah (1961), Vivian Cheruiyot (1983), and Moses Tanui (1965).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Kenya

Among soccer players born in Kenya, McDonald Mariga ranks 2. Before him are Michael Olunga (1994). After him are Victor Wanyama (1991), Awer Mabil (1995), Dennis Oliech (1985), Robert Mambo Mumba (1978), Thomas Deng (1997), and Luo Guiping (1993).

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