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Nicolas Anelka

1979 - Today

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Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (French pronunciation: [nikɔla anɛlka]; born 14 March 1979) is a French professional football manager and retired player who played as a forward. As a player, he regularly featured in his country's national team, often scoring at crucial moments. Known for his ability to both score and assist goals, he has been described as a classy and quick player, with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball, and was capable of playing both as a main striker and as a second striker.Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Anelka has received more than 6,236,610 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 65 in 2019). Nicolas Anelka is the 513th most popular soccer player (down from 511th in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from France (down from 2,008th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Soccer Player.

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  • 64

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  • 8.09

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  • 3.76

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nicolas Anelka ranks 513 out of 16,880Before him are Fergus Suter, Thiago Alcântara, László Bölöni, Masanobu Izumi, Masao Ono, and Roberto Boninsegna. After him are Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Shigeo Sugimoto, Branko Oblak, Gareth Bale, Oscar, and Shogo Kamo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Nicolas Anelka ranks 14Before him are Diego Forlán, Rosamund Pike, Anders Behring Breivik, Jason Momoa, Gong Yoo, and Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland. After him are James McAvoy, Diego Milito, Noomi Rapace, Júlio César, Evangeline Lilly, and Travis Fimmel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Anelka ranks 2,119 out of 6,011Before him are Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Louis Couturat (1868), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), and Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513). After him are Augustin Barruel (1741), Pierre Messmer (1916), Charles Cros (1842), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), and François Blondel (1618).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Nicolas Anelka ranks 25Before him are Fabien Barthez (1971), Alain Giresse (1952), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Henri Michel (1947), Olivier Giroud (1986), and Samir Nasri (1987). After him are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Robert Pires (1973), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Bruno Metsu (1954), and Gonzalo Higuaín (1987).

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