SOCCER PLAYER

Michael Kightly

1986 - Today

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Michael John Kightly (born 24 January 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Kightly was rejected as a schoolboy by Tottenham Hotspur but worked his way back to League football with Southend United. He again slipped into the non-League though, before being spotted by Wolverhampton Wanderers while starring for Grays Athletic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Kightly has received more than 318,202 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Michael Kightly is the 20,318th most popular soccer player (down from 17,649th in 2019), the 8,583rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,569th in 2019) and the 1,294th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michael Kightly ranks 20,318 out of 21,273. Before him are Eisuke Fujishima, Shunichiro Zaitsu, Collin Samuel, Ippei Kokuryo, Akishige Kaneda, and Shohei Takeda. After him are Kengo Tanaka, Demi Stokes, Matty Longstaff, Sho Murata, Graham Dorrans, and Katsuya Senzaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Michael Kightly ranks 1,770. Before him are Boris Neveu, Parupalli Kashyap, Danny Fox, Terrence Jennings, Reggie Williams, and Hideaki Ikematsu. After him are Ryota Noguchi, Charlie Mulgrew, Nadine Apetz, Ryusuke Senoo, Keisuke Sekiguchi, and Yuya Yoshizawa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Kightly ranks 8,583 out of 8,785. Before him are Bailey Peacock-Farrell (1996), Stuart Parnaby (1982), Adam Forshaw (1991), Gary McSheffrey (1982), George Williams (1995), and Frazer Clarke (1991). After him are Demi Stokes (1991), Matty Longstaff (2000), Graham Dorrans (1987), Jed Steer (1992), Moe Sbihi (1988), and Matthew Connolly (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Michael Kightly ranks 1,294. Before him are Danny Fox (1986), Bailey Peacock-Farrell (1996), Stuart Parnaby (1982), Adam Forshaw (1991), Gary McSheffrey (1982), and George Williams (1995). After him are Demi Stokes (1991), Matty Longstaff (2000), Graham Dorrans (1987), Jed Steer (1992), Matthew Connolly (1987), and Charlie Mulgrew (1986).

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