SOCCER PLAYER

Mousa Dembélé

1987 - Today

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Mousa Sidi Yaya Dembélé (born 16 July 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He was regarded as one of the best box-to-box midfielders in Europe due to his excellent dribbling skills and ability to maintain possession.Dembélé started his career at Belgian Pro League team Germinal Beerschot before spells at Eredivisie sides Willem II and AZ in the Netherlands. He won the league title and the Johan Cruyff Shield with the latter in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mousa Dembélé has received more than 338,075 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Mousa Dembélé is the 4,846th most popular soccer player (down from 4,675th in 2019), the 779th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 720th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mousa Dembélé by language

Over the past year Mousa Dembélé has had the most page views in the with 59,382 views, followed by French (43,419), and Dutch (28,176). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (469.01%), Korean (252.03%), and Swedish (147.29%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mousa Dembélé ranks 4,846 out of 21,273. Before him are Marc Baecke, William Ayache, Igor Jovićević, Patricio Arabolaza, Jang Hyun-soo, and Boris Mayorov. After him are Angeliño, Momčilo Đokić, Georgi Kinkladze, Saul Malatrasi, Paco Herrera, and Rumi Utsugi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Mousa Dembélé ranks 122. Before him are Jay Park, Mauro Zárate, Jon Ossoff, Ádám Szalai, Carolina Kostner, and Jung Il-woo. After him are Juraj Kucka, Yuja Wang, Mischa Zverev, Tyler Hoechlin, Aida Garifullina, and Fernando.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Mousa Dembélé ranks 779 out of 1,190. Before him are Maurice Verdonck (1873), René Verheyen (1952), Jean Capelle (1913), Alain de Changy (1922), Stefan Everts (1972), and Marc Baecke (1956). After him are Frank Odberg (1879), Johan Bruyneel (1964), Michel Knuysen (1929), Paolo Ferrari (1929), Nico Claesen (1962), and Joseph Van Ingelgem (1912).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Mousa Dembélé ranks 105. Before him are Constant Joacim (1908), Jean de Bie (1892), Jean Brichaut (1911), René Verheyen (1952), Jean Capelle (1913), and Marc Baecke (1956). After him are Nico Claesen (1962), Joseph Van Ingelgem (1912), Jérémy Doku (2002), Frans Peeraer (1913), Philippe Albert (1967), and Nacer Chadli (1989).

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