SOCCER PLAYER

Megan Rapinoe

1985 - Today

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Megan Anna Rapinoe ( ; born July 5, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a winger. She spent most of her career playing for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019, Rapinoe won gold with the national team at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the U.S. finished second. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Megan Rapinoe has received more than 12,462,841 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Megan Rapinoe is the 3,225th most popular soccer player (up from 3,548th in 2019), the 7,373rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,492nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Megan Rapinoes by language

Over the past year Megan Rapinoe has had the most page views in the with 2,233,971 views, followed by French (177,185), and Spanish (158,864). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (494.13%), Greek (378.45%), and Vietnamese (356.53%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Megan Rapinoe ranks 3,225 out of 21,273Before her are Hector Goetinck, Rino Ferrario, Vikash Dhorasoo, Anatoly Krutikov, Nasser Hejazi, and Heinz Schneiter. After her are José Antonio Zaldúa, Willy Busch, Juan Arremón, Salah Assad, Dominik Livaković, and Olof Mellberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Megan Rapinoe ranks 76Before her are Casey Stoner, Laurent Koscielny, Doutzen Kroes, Elçin Sangu, Ashley Young, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. After her are Pablo Zabaleta, Talulah Riley, Tomáš Berdych, Jessica Szohr, Joël Dicker, and Aja Naomi King.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Megan Rapinoe ranks 7,373 out of 20,380Before her are Ron Clements (1953), Jean Stapleton (1923), Alexandra Paul (1963), Frederick Terman (1900), Ned Luke (1958), and Harvey Fierstein (1954). After her are Pat O'Brien (1899), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Diana Barrymore (1921), Tony Zale (1913), Joe Sutter (1921), and Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Megan Rapinoe ranks 5Before her are Bert Patenaude (1909), Mia Hamm (1972), Michelle Akers (1966), and Landon Donovan (1982). After her are DeAndre Yedlin (1993), Al Harker (1910), Bruce Arena (1951), Christian Pulisic (1998), Tom Florie (1897), Brad Friedel (1971), and Alex Morgan (1989).