SOCCER PLAYER

Paul McGrath

1959 - Today

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Paul McGrath (born 4 December 1959) is an Irish former professional footballer, who played as a defender. McGrath is widely considered to be one of the greatest defenders of all time and was known by the nickname 'God' at Aston Villa. Mainly a centre back, he also played as defensive midfielder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul McGrath has received more than 18,588 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Paul McGrath is the 8,140th most popular soccer player (down from 7,182nd in 2019), the 6,386th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,919th in 2019) and the 435th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paul McGrath ranks 8,140 out of 21,273. Before him are Carles Aleñá, Malcolm Macdonald, Yusuke Minoguchi, Christian Günter, Matthew Amoah, and Ángel Ortiz. After him are Mikael Lustig, Oka Nikolov, Nigel Winterburn, Ari Freyr Skúlason, Pernille Harder, and Hidehiko Shimizu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Paul McGrath ranks 671. Before him are Carlos Salem, Bill Hagerty, William R. Moses, Andrea Jung, Kathy Jordan, and Andrey Prokofyev. After him are Stephen Kotkin, Randy Travis, Gène Hanssen, Irina Kalinina, Li Meisu, and William Joyce.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul McGrath ranks 6,386 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Davis (1961), Emeli Sandé (1987), Alfred Lyttelton (1857), Kristian Nairn (1975), Example (1982), and Malcolm Macdonald (1950). After him are Paul Blackthorne (1969), Graeme Dott (1977), Nigel Winterburn (1963), David Thompson (1961), Laurie Lee (1914), and E. B. Ford (1901).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Paul McGrath ranks 435. Before him are Tommy Hutchison (1947), Peter Sillett (1933), Craig Brown (1940), Tyias Browning (1994), Alfred Lyttelton (1857), and Malcolm Macdonald (1950). After him are Nigel Winterburn (1963), Rory Delap (1976), Shay Brennan (1937), David Sadler (1946), Gerry Armstrong (1954), and Lou Macari (1949).

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