SOCCER PLAYER

Mwepu Ilunga

1949 - 2015

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Joseph Mwepu Ilunga (22 August 1949 – 8 May 2015) was a football defender from Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). His name is also written as Alunga Mwepu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mwepu Ilunga has received more than 75,893 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mwepu Ilunga is the 3,019th most popular soccer player (up from 3,416th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 5th most popular Congolese Soccer Player.

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  • 54.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mwepu Ilunga ranks 3,019 out of 21,273Before him are Tarak Dhiab, Kosta Tomašević, Robert Budzynski, Antonio Olmo, Laurent Grimmonprez, and Ed de Goey. After him are Hans Jakob, Ernst Jean-Joseph, Alberto Galateo, László Sternberg, Gérard Janvion, and Ralph Hasenhüttl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Mwepu Ilunga ranks 462Before him are Zbigniew Rybczyński, Tatyana Anisimova, George Winston, Oleg Atkov, Manolo el del bombo, and Rudy Hartono. After him are Olga Morozova, Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Rakesh Roshan, Charles Roven, Chris Van Allsburg, and Fayez Tarawneh. Among people deceased in 2015, Mwepu Ilunga ranks 323Before him are Eric Arturo Delvalle, Jihadi John, James Best, Hellmuth Karasek, Ángel Atienza, and Friedrich L. Bauer. After him are Gregory Walcott, Marília Pêra, Johan Ferner, Tanith Lee, Jean-Claude Turcotte, and Martin Gilbert.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwepu Ilunga ranks 25 out of 107Before him are Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960), Joseph Iléo (1921), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Marie Myriam (1957), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), and Franco Luambo (1938). After him are Koffi Olomide (1956), Dikembe Mutombo (1966), Cyrille Adoula (1921), Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947), José Bosingwa (1982), and Kazadi Mwamba (1947).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among soccer players born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwepu Ilunga ranks 5Before him are Claude Makélélé (1973), Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Kembo Uba Kembo (1947), and Steve Mandanda (1985). After him are José Bosingwa (1982), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), Mwanza Mukombo (1945), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Kakoko Etepé (1950), Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), and Kibonge Mafu (1945).