SOCCER PLAYER

Paul Breitner

1951 - Today

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Paul Breitner (German pronunciation: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈbʁaɪ̯tnɐ]; born 5 September 1951) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best full-backs of all time, and one of the best players of his era, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Breitner has received more than 780,055 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Paul Breitner is the 79th most popular soccer player (up from 103rd in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from Germany (up from 760th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Soccer Player.

Paul Breitner is most famous for being a German football player. He was a member of the West German team that won the 1974 World Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paul Breitner ranks 79 out of 21,273. Before him are Gianluigi Buffon, Miguel Muñoz, Gordon Banks, Rivaldo, Neymar, and Giacinto Facchetti. After him are Béla Guttmann, Bobby Moore, Rudi Völler, Rob Rensenbrink, Kurt Hamrin, and Bebeto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Paul Breitner ranks 21. Before him are Claudio Ranieri, Bonnie Tyler, Michelle Bachelet, Kurt Russell, Michael Keaton, and Akhmad Kadyrov. After him are Aslan Maskhadov, Gordon Brown, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Tommy Hilfiger, Mark Hamill, and Jane Seymour.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Breitner ranks 529 out of 7,253. Before him are F. W. Murnau (1888), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Frederick Trump (1869), Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858), and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860). After him are Dieter Bohlen (1954), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Gerhard Richter (1932), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), and Theodor Morell (1886).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Paul Breitner ranks 8. Before him are Gerd Müller (1945), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Uwe Seeler (1936), and Oliver Kahn (1969). After him are Rudi Völler (1960), Andreas Brehme (1960), Fritz Walter (1920), Bert Trautmann (1923), Berti Vogts (1946), and Helmut Rahn (1929).

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