1986 - Today
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 304,563 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Michael Kightly is the 17,709th most popular soccer player (down from 16,273rd in 2019), the 7,589th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,782nd in 2019) and the 1,132nd most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Michael Kightly ranks 17,709 out of 16,880. Before him are Luke Steele, Katsuya Iwatake, Makoto Okazaki, Kazuto Nishida, Hiroto Sakai, and Marc Pugh. After him are Takuya Shigehiro, Hayate Hachikubo, Yushi Mizobuchi, Shintaro Shimada, Kento Onodera, and Sam Ricketts.
1984 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 17,703
1996 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 17,704
1998 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 17,705
1998 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 17,706
1989 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 17,707
1987 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 17,708
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 17,709
1995 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 17,710
1993 - Present
HPI: 14.76
Rank: 17,711
1994 - Present
HPI: 14.76
Rank: 17,712
1995 - Present
HPI: 14.76
Rank: 17,713
1991 - Present
HPI: 14.75
Rank: 17,714
1981 - Present
HPI: 14.74
Rank: 17,715
Among people born in 1986, Michael Kightly ranks 1,559. Before him are Elise Rechichi, Hannah Hart, Danny Fox, Lee Peltier, Amarildo de Jesus Santos, and Tinchy Stryder. After him are Natasha Hastings, Genta Matsuo, Shogo Yoshizawa, Reggie Williams, Aaron Finch, and Ekta Bisht.
1986 - Present
HPI: 15.25
Rank: 1,553
1986 - Present
HPI: 15.21
Rank: 1,554
1986 - Present
HPI: 15.19
Rank: 1,555
1986 - Present
HPI: 15.04
Rank: 1,556
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.99
Rank: 1,557
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.82
Rank: 1,558
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 1,559
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.16
Rank: 1,560
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.10
Rank: 1,561
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.06
Rank: 1,562
1986 - Present
HPI: 13.83
Rank: 1,563
1986 - Present
HPI: 13.56
Rank: 1,564
1986 - Present
HPI: 13.54
Rank: 1,565
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Kightly ranks 7,589 out of 7,765. Before him are Liam Lawrence (1981), Jenny Jones (1980), Jamie Mackie (1985), Luke Steele (1984), Colin Fleming (1984), and Marc Pugh (1987). After him are Tim Baillie (1979), Sam Ricketts (1981), Josh Onomah (1997), Lauren Price (1994), Liam Bridcutt (1989), and Derek Riordan (1983).
1981 - Present
HPI: 14.88
Rank: 7,583
1980 - Present
HPI: 14.85
Rank: 7,584
1985 - Present
HPI: 14.81
Rank: 7,585
1984 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 7,586
1984 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 7,587
1987 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 7,588
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 7,589
1979 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 7,590
1981 - Present
HPI: 14.74
Rank: 7,591
1997 - Present
HPI: 14.73
Rank: 7,592
1994 - Present
HPI: 14.71
Rank: 7,593
1989 - Present
HPI: 14.71
Rank: 7,594
1983 - Present
HPI: 14.71
Rank: 7,595
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Michael Kightly ranks 1,132. Before him are Cyrus Christie (1992), Alan Tate (1982), Liam Lawrence (1981), Jamie Mackie (1985), Luke Steele (1984), and Marc Pugh (1987). After him are Sam Ricketts (1981), Josh Onomah (1997), Lauren Price (1994), Liam Bridcutt (1989), Derek Riordan (1983), and Nikita Parris (1994).
1992 - Present
HPI: 14.95
Rank: 1,126
1982 - Present
HPI: 14.93
Rank: 1,127
1981 - Present
HPI: 14.88
Rank: 1,128
1985 - Present
HPI: 14.81
Rank: 1,129
1984 - Present
HPI: 14.78
Rank: 1,130
1987 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 1,131
1986 - Present
HPI: 14.77
Rank: 1,132
1981 - Present
HPI: 14.74
Rank: 1,133
1997 - Present
HPI: 14.73
Rank: 1,134
1994 - Present
HPI: 14.71
Rank: 1,135
1989 - Present
HPI: 14.71
Rank: 1,136
1983 - Present
HPI: 14.71
Rank: 1,137
1994 - Present
HPI: 14.67
Rank: 1,138