SOCCER PLAYER

Neville Southall

1958 - Today

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Neville Southall (born 16 September 1958) is a Welsh football manager and former international footballer. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985. He joined Bury from Winsford United for a £6,000 fee in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neville Southall has received more than 1,222,563 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Neville Southall is the 5,146th most popular soccer player (up from 5,235th in 2019), the 5,043rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,265th in 2019) and the 240th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Neville Southall ranks 5,146 out of 21,273. Before him are Kostas Chalkias, Silvia Neid, Frans Peeraer, Keita Baldé, José Cardozo, and Enrico Rivolta. After him are Percy Rojas, Fyodor Cherenkov, James Gentle, Diógenes Domínguez, Alberto Orlando, and Marcos Paulo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Neville Southall ranks 444. Before him are James Wilby, Grigol Vashadze, Amy Pascal, Mariem Hassan, Mark King, and Veselin Vuković. After him are Satoshi Tezuka, Gianni Alemanno, Rick Rude, Scott Rudin, Gar Samuelson, and Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Neville Southall ranks 5,043 out of 8,785. Before him are Geraint Thomas (1986), Gordon Pirie (1931), Ian McDonald (1960), Mark King (1958), Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), and Ann Packer (1942). After him are Bruce Robinson (1946), James Jones (1873), Jessie J (1988), Richard Barbieri (1957), Margaret Oliphant (1828), and Val Guest (1911).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Neville Southall ranks 240. Before him are Claude Buckenham (1876), Daniel Sturridge (1989), Gil Merrick (1922), Steve Archibald (1956), Alan Hansen (1955), and Jimmy Murray (1933). After him are James Jones (1873), Pat Crerand (1939), John Connelly (1938), Noni Madueke (2002), Alex James (1901), and Tommy Lawton (1919).

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