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Nicolas Anelka

1979 - Today

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Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (born 14 March 1979) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. As a player, he regularly featured in his country's national team, often scoring at crucial moments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Anelka has received more than 6,606,558 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Anelka is the 478th most popular soccer player (up from 513th in 2019), the 1,885th most popular biography from France (up from 2,112th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nicolas Anelka ranks 478 out of 21,273. Before him are Hirokazu Ninomiya, Héctor Yazalde, Frank Lampard, Teiichi Matsumaru, Rudi Garcia, and Alan Shearer. After him are Mark van Bommel, Ferenc Deák, Fernando Redondo, Everaldo, Agne Simonsson, and Hidetoshi Nakata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Nicolas Anelka ranks 9. Before him are Diego Forlán, Valentino Rossi, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Markus Persson, Kimi Räikkönen, and Anders Behring Breivik. After him are Roberta Metsola, Chris Pratt, Diego Milito, Jason Momoa, Michael Owen, and Miklós Fehér.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Anelka ranks 1,885 out of 6,770. Before him are Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Rudi Garcia (1964), Michel Polnareff (1944), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Paul Nizan (1905), and Adèle Hugo (1830). After him are Marquis de Custine (1790), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), and Jean de Meun (1240).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Nicolas Anelka ranks 27. Before him are Emmanuel Petit (1970), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Henri Michel (1947), Felice Borel (1914), and Rudi Garcia (1964). After him are Guy Roux (1938), Michel Hidalgo (1933), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), Hervé Renard (1968), Robert Pires (1973), and David Ginola (1967).

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