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Nwankwo Kanu

1976 - Today

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Nwankwo Kanu () (born 1 August 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian team Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, and English clubs Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth. Kanu won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nwankwo Kanu has received more than 3,191,295 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Nwankwo Kanu is the 2,111th most popular soccer player (up from 2,242nd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 28th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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  • 47.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nwankwo Kanu ranks 2,111 out of 16,880. Before him are William Gallas, José Berraondo, Javier Ambrois, Fritz Laband, Darko Kovačević, and Aristide Guarneri. After him are Jaap Eden, Ricardo Giusti, Ralph Hasenhüttl, Pedro Arispe, Andrei Glanzmann, and Jaroslav Bouček.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Nwankwo Kanu ranks 113. Before him are Mario Yepes, Emma Bunton, Gábor Király, Boudewijn Zenden, Wang Leehom, and August Diehl. After him are Rhona Mitra, Ayesha Gaddafi, Iván de la Peña, Jang Hyuk, Lea De Mae, and Maïwenn.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Nwankwo Kanu ranks 32 out of 236. Before him are Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Amos Tutuola (1920), Bennet Omalu (1968), Murtala Mohammed (1938), and Nana Asmaʼu (1793). After him are Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Aliko Dangote (1957), Tijani Babangida (1973), Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), and Taribo West (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Nwankwo Kanu ranks 3. Before him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973) and Rashidi Yekini (1963). After him are Tijani Babangida (1973), Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Taribo West (1974), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Finidi George (1971), Sunday Oliseh (1974), and Victor Ikpeba (1973).

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