SOCCER PLAYER

Nikola Kotkov

1938 - 1971

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Nikola Todorov Kotkov (Bulgarian: Никола Тодоров Котков) (9 December 1938 – 30 June 1971), nicknamed Koteto (Котето, "The Kitten") was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker. Born in the capital Sofia, Kotkov started his football career as a Lokomotiv Sofia trainee and went on to spend much of it (1956–1969) with the club, winning the Bulgarian Championship in 1964. He then played for Levski Sofia, until his death in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikola Kotkov has received more than 54,285 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nikola Kotkov is the 1,523rd most popular soccer player (up from 2,192nd in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 176th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 51.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nikola Kotkov ranks 1,523 out of 21,273. Before him are José Iraragorri, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Uwe Bein, Geoff Bent, Klaus Toppmöller, and Antony. After him are Luis Galván, David Seaman, Park Ji-sung, Mykhaylo Fomenko, Stephan El Shaarawy, and Jesús María Satrústegui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Nikola Kotkov ranks 258. Before him are Spencer Johnson, Corine Rottschäfer, Leonardo Favio, Mort Shuman, Roy Thinnes, and David Bailey. After him are Susan Strasberg, Artavazd Peleshyan, Jayant Narlikar, Myechyslaw Hryb, Ingrid Caven, and Mirko Kovač. Among people deceased in 1971, Nikola Kotkov ranks 118. Before him are Henri Tomasi, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Josef Košťálek, Armando Picchi, and Kathleen Lonsdale. After him are Hiratsuka Raichō, Dimitrios Loundras, Carlos P. Garcia, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Joseph Helffrich, and Guillermo León Valencia.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Nikola Kotkov ranks 144 out of 415. Before him are Teres I (-470), Angel Wagenstein (1922), Cniva (200), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), and Nikola Vaptsarov (1909). After him are Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), Vineh of Bulgaria (740), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Andrey Toshev (1867), and Vladimir Stoychev (1892).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Nikola Kotkov ranks 11. Before him are Dimitar Penev (1945), Krasimir Balakov (1966), Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Hristo Bonev (1947), Emil Kostadinov (1967), and Yordan Letchkov (1967). After him are Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), Ivan Davidov (1943), Stefan Bozhkov (1923), and Ivan Dimitrov (1935).

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