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Medhi Benatia

1987 - Today

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Medhi Amine El Mouttaqi Benatia (Arabic: المهدي أمين المتقي بن عطية; French pronunciation: [mɛdi bɛnatia]; born 17 April 1987) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, who is currently the sporting director of Ligue 1 club Marseille. Benatia is well known for his tenures throughout France, Italy, and Germany, he represented Morocco at the international level, making 66 international appearances, and most notably captained them to their first World Cup in twenty years. Benatia began his career at Marseille, being loaned out to Tours and Lorient before joining Clermont in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Medhi Benatia has received more than 1,872,091 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Medhi Benatia is the 1,914th most popular soccer player (up from 2,388th in 2019), the 3,851st most popular biography from France (down from 3,722nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular French Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Medhi Benatia ranks 1,914 out of 16,880. Before him are Wilhelm Hahnemann, Frank Leboeuf, Basile Boli, Francisco Rodrigues, Philippe Mexès, and Zé Sérgio. After him are Claudio Marchisio, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Roberto Ferreiro, Dwight Yorke, Peter Stöger, and Masakatsu Miyamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Medhi Benatia ranks 45. Before him are Kerem Bürsin, Han Hyo-joo, Ji Chang-wook, Jorge Lorenzo, Jan Vertonghen, and Luiz Gustavo. After him are Sebastian Giovinco, Gervinho, Luiz Adriano, Evan Peters, Salvatore Sirigu, and Iago Aspas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Medhi Benatia ranks 3,851 out of 6,011. Before him are Herman Georges Berger (1875), Frank Leboeuf (1968), Philippe de Villiers (1949), Cecilia of Normandy (1056), René Navarre (1877), and Philippe Mexès (1982). After him are Bertrand Cantat (1964), Julie Dreyfus (1966), Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Catherine Millet (1948), Ernest Goüin (1815), and Georges Balandier (1920).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Medhi Benatia ranks 95. Before him are Christian Gourcuff (1955), Christophe Dugarry (1972), David Ginola (1967), Robert Herbin (1939), Frank Leboeuf (1968), and Philippe Mexès (1982). After him are Benjamin Mendy (1994), Bacary Sagna (1983), Kingsley Coman (1996), Kalidou Koulibaly (1991), André Tassin (1902), and Frédéric Kanouté (1977).

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