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Michael Oliver

1985 - Today

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Michael Oliver (born 20 February 1985) is an English professional football referee from Ashington, Northumberland. His county FA is the Northumberland Football Association. He belongs to the Select Group of Referees in England and officiates primarily in the Premier League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Oliver has received more than 41,324 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Michael Oliver is the 87th most popular referee (up from 94th in 2019), the 6,218th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,970th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Referee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Michael Oliver ranks 87 out of 147Before him are Kyros Vassaras, Deniz Aytekin, Carlos del Cerro Grande, Michael Hester, Pablo Pozo, and Ryuji Sato. After him are Martin Atkinson, Carlos Amarilla, Kateryna Monzul, Abdulrahman Al-Jassim, Sergei Karasev, and Peter O'Leary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Michael Oliver ranks 322Before him are Mario Bolatti, Jon Moxley, Omar Hawsawi, Túlio de Melo, Olha Stefanishyna, and Alison Pill. After him are Rafał Blechacz, Selçuk İnan, Fernando Amorebieta, Lukáš Rosol, Otman Bakkal, and Jessica Lucas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Oliver ranks 6,218 out of 8,785Before him are Danny McGrain (1950), Toby Regbo (1991), Diane Abbott (1953), Barbara Murray (1929), Bonobo (1976), and Derek Redmond (1965). After him are Anthony Moore (1948), Steve Coppell (1955), Raymond Keene (1948), Penny Mordaunt (1973), Jim Crawford (1948), and Ronnie Corbett (1930).

Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Michael Oliver ranks 5Before him are Jack Taylor (1930), Howard Webb (1971), Graham Poll (1963), and Anthony Taylor (1978). After him are Martin Atkinson (1971), Hugh Dallas (1957), Michaela Tabb (1967), Mike Dean (1968), Mark Clattenburg (1975), Craig Thomson (1972), and Willie Collum (1979).