SOCCER PLAYER

Nigel de Jong

1984 - Today

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Nigel de Jong (born 30 November 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director of the KNVB, the national Dutch football federation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nigel de Jong has received more than 1,845,646 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Nigel de Jong is the 1,786th most popular soccer player (up from 1,829th in 2019), the 595th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 597th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nigel de Jong ranks 1,786 out of 21,273. Before him are Keizo Imai, Mahmoud El-Gohary, Mario Varglien, František Svoboda, Ron Atkinson, and Néstor Rossi. After him are Lajos Csordás, Rodrygo, Darko Kovačević, Pedro Manfredini, David Ospina, and Lautaro Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Nigel de Jong ranks 34. Before him are Maxi López, Santi Cazorla, Eliud Kipchoge, Nikola Karabatić, Olivia Wilde, and Pavel Durov. After him are Samir Handanović, Branislav Ivanović, Lena Katina, Ross Ulbricht, Per Mertesacker, and Marija Šerifović.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nigel de Jong ranks 595 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1630), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587), Mary of Guelders (1434), Martin Jol (1956), and Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900). After him are Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), Pleun Strik (1944), Cornelis Lely (1854), Wim Kieft (1962), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), and C. George Boeree (1952).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Nigel de Jong ranks 66. Before him are Arnold Mühren (1951), Hans Gillhaus (1963), Richard Witschge (1969), Barry Hulshoff (1946), Kees Kist (1952), and Michael Reiziger (1973). After him are Pleun Strik (1944), Wim Kieft (1962), Memphis Depay (1994), Pim Doesburg (1943), Coen Moulijn (1937), and Ibrahim Afellay (1986).

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