SOCCER PLAYER

Michelle Akers

1966 - Today

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Michelle Anne Akers (formerly Akers-Stahl; born February 1, 1966) is an American former soccer player who starred in the 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup and 1996 Olympics victories by the United States. At the 1991 World Cup, she won the Golden Shoe as the top scorer, with ten goals. Akers is regarded as one of the greatest female soccer players in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Akers has received more than 718,626 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Michelle Akers is the 2,686th most popular soccer player (down from 2,279th in 2019), the 6,496th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,400th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michelle Akers ranks 2,686 out of 21,273. Before her are Jurandir de Freitas, José Vicente, Víctor Benítez, Katsuyoshi Kuwahara, Kyle Walker, and Rui Campos. After her are Juan Esnáider, Enzo Trossero, Nordin Amrabat, Hans Walzhofer, Imre Komora, and Zvonko Bego.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Michelle Akers ranks 178. Before her are Najwa Karam, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Baja Mali Knindža, Franco Foda, Flemming Povlsen, and Suleyman Kerimov. After her are François Omam-Biyik, Femke Halsema, Eva LaRue, Natja Brunckhorst, Yokozuna, and Julie Dreyfus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michelle Akers ranks 6,496 out of 20,380. Before her are Sarah Rafferty (1972), Wilfred Jackson (1906), George Peabody (1795), James Jesus Angleton (1917), Sid Caesar (1922), and Trent Reznor (1965). After her are Robert Towne (1934), Jeff Corey (1914), Mildred Davis (1901), Debra Jo Rupp (1951), Beth Grant (1949), and Johnny Griffin (1928).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Michelle Akers ranks 3. Before her are Bert Patenaude (1909), and Mia Hamm (1972). After her are Landon Donovan (1982), Megan Rapinoe (1985), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), Al Harker (1910), Bruce Arena (1951), Christian Pulisic (1998), Tom Florie (1897), Brad Friedel (1971), and Alex Morgan (1989).

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