SOCCER PLAYER

Neil Young

1944 - 2011

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Neil James Young (17 February 1944 – 3 February 2011) was an English footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a striker for Manchester City, Preston North End and Rochdale.In total, Young scored 86 goals from 334 League games for Manchester City, scored the only goal in the 1969 FA Cup Final, and scored as City won the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Young has received more than 21,004,533 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Neil Young is the 6,597th most popular soccer player (down from 5,588th in 2019), the 5,821st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,407th in 2019) and the 339th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Neil Youngs by language

Over the past year Neil Young has had the most page views in the with 2,966,034 views, followed by German (1,689), and Italian (1,090). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (80.98%), Egyptian Arabic (45.19%), and Finnish (21.66%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Neil Young ranks 6,597 out of 21,273. Before him are Genar Andrinúa, Andrzej Pałasz, Paulo Rink, Diego Klimowicz, Alex Meret, and Kazuya Maekawa. After him are Hong Yong-jo, Antonio de la Torre, Marcelo Balboa, Patrick Ekeng, Iker Muniain, and Josef Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Neil Young ranks 701. Before him are Shelley Fabares, Magdaleno Mercado, Mel Daniels, James van Hoften, Tony Orlando, and Ernest Moniz. After him are Nicolas Chumachenco, Jan Brewer, Cathy Lee Crosby, Celeste Yarnall, Richard A. Muller, and David Gerrold. Among people deceased in 2011, Neil Young ranks 463. Before him are Pierre Quinon, Margo Dydek, Pavol Demitra, Pertti Purhonen, Fe del Mundo, and Stefan Liv. After him are Tomoko Kawakami, Carl Robie, Charlie Callas, Margaret Whiting, Zbigniew Jaremski, and Mika Myllylä.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Neil Young ranks 5,821 out of 8,785. Before him are Cameron Mackintosh (1946), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), Edmund Andros (1637), Jeff Noon (1957), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), and Joe Cole (1988). After him are Mike Coughlan (1959), Eric Linklater (1899), William Forsell Kirby (1844), Emma D'Arcy (1992), Gillian Gilbert (1961), and David Herd (1934).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Neil Young ranks 339. Before him are Eddie Hopkinson (1935), Allenby Chilton (1918), Bill Slater (1927), Levi Colwill (2003), Craig Bellamy (1979), and Steve Clarke (1963). After him are David Herd (1934), Brian Labone (1940), Mick McCarthy (1959), Peter Beardsley (1961), Ledley King (1980), and Jim Baxter (1939).

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