1979 - Today
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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Among soccer players, Nicolas Anelka ranks 513 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1857 - 1916
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 507
1991 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 508
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 509
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 510
1923 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 511
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 512
1979 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 513
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 514
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 515
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 516
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 517
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 518
1915 - 1977
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 519
Among people born in 1979, Nicolas Anelka ranks 14. Before 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.
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 8
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 9
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 10
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 11
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 12
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 13
1979 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 14
1979 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 15
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 16
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 17
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 18
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 19
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 20
Among people born in France, Nicolas Anelka ranks 2,119 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1207 - 1285
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 2,113
1868 - 1914
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2,114
1876 - 1975
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2,115
1748 - 1831
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2,116
1628 - 1709
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,117
1513 - 1582
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,118
1979 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,119
1741 - 1820
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,120
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,121
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,122
1905 - 2001
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,123
1125 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 2,124
1618 - 1686
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 2,125
Among soccer players born in France, Nicolas Anelka ranks 25. Before 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).
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 19
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 20
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 21
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 22
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 23
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 24
1979 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 25
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 26
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 27
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 28
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 29
1954 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 30
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 31