SOCCER PLAYER

Paul Gascoigne

1967 - Today

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Paul John Gascoigne (, born 27 May 1967), nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best English footballers of all time, Gascoigne is described by the National Football Museum as "widely recognised as the most naturally talented English footballer of his generation". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gascoigne has received more than 8,488,284 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Paul Gascoigne is the 588th most popular soccer player (up from 660th in 2019), the 1,396th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,722nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paul Gascoigne ranks 588 out of 21,273. Before him are Américo Lopes, David de Gea, Jorge Campos, Sandro Puppo, Romelu Lukaku, and Jimmy Greaves. After him are Wayne Rooney, Ján Popluhár, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Rainer Bonhof, Óscar Míguez, and Harry Gregg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Paul Gascoigne ranks 41. Before him are Denis Villeneuve, Yingluck Shinawatra, Laura Dern, Andrés Escobar, Guy Pearce, and David Ginola. After him are François Ozon, Rhys Ifans, Will Ferrell, Ken Block, Serj Tankian, and Mathieu Kassovitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Gascoigne ranks 1,396 out of 8,785. Before him are Vidal Sassoon (1928), Victor McLaglen (1886), Pattie Boyd (1944), Edward Frankland (1825), Jimmy Greaves (1940), and William Aiton (1731). After him are M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Wayne Rooney (1985), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Harry Gregg (1932), and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Paul Gascoigne ranks 30. Before him are Alan Shearer (1970), Gareth Bale (1989), Jack Charlton (1935), Paul Scholes (1974), Geoff Hurst (1941), and Jimmy Greaves (1940). After him are Wayne Rooney (1985), Harry Gregg (1932), Michael Owen (1979), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), and Erling Braut Håland (2000).

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