SOCCER PLAYER

Olivier Giroud

1986 - Today

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Olivier Jonathan Giroud (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje ʒɔnatɑ̃ ʒiʁu]; born 30 September 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Giroud began his senior club career playing for hometown club Grenoble, before he signed with Tours in 2008, aged 21. He was named Ligue 2 Player of the Year in 2010 after finishing as the league's top goalscorer. He was subsequently the subject of a then-club record football transfer when he moved to Montpellier in a transfer worth €2 million, winning the club's first Ligue 1 title and finishing as league top goalscorer in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivier Giroud has received more than 14,526,666 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Olivier Giroud is the 332nd most popular soccer player (up from 473rd in 2019), the 1,554th most popular biography from France (up from 2,009th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Olivier Giroud ranks 332 out of 21,273. Before him are Claudio Caniggia, Obdulio Varela, Gyula Lóránt, Dettmar Cramer, Abedi Pele, and Jari Litmanen. After him are Leonel Sánchez, Hernán Crespo, Santillana, Quini, Hakan Şükür, and Cláudio Taffarel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Olivier Giroud ranks 9. Before him are Usain Bolt, Drake, Rafael Nadal, Shia LaBeouf, Manuel Neuer, and Lady Gaga. After him are Megan Fox, Amber Heard, Edin Džeko, Keylor Navas, Asa Akira, and Emilia Clarke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Olivier Giroud ranks 1,554 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Pitot (1695), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438), Micheline Presle (1922), and Adalberon (947). After him are Roger Lemerre (1941), Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Isabella of Bourbon (1437), Georges Bidault (1899), and Louis Marchand (1669).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Olivier Giroud ranks 20. Before him are Kylian Mbappé (1998), Raymond Domenech (1952), Fabien Barthez (1971), David Trezeguet (1977), Alain Giresse (1952), and Henri Delaunay (1883). After him are Emmanuel Petit (1970), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Henri Michel (1947), Felice Borel (1914), and Rudi Garcia (1964).

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