SOCCER PLAYER

Peter Beardsley

1961 - Today

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Peter Andrew Beardsley (born 18 January 1961) is an English football coach and former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder. In 1987, he set a record transfer fee in the English game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain, taking part in two FIFA World Cups (1986 and 1990) and UEFA Euro 1988. At club level, he played for Newcastle United, Liverpool and Everton with stints with the Toffees and Magpies resulting in over 200 Premier League appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Beardsley has received more than 1,735,811 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Peter Beardsley is the 6,648th most popular soccer player (down from 5,641st in 2019), the 5,844th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,443rd in 2019) and the 343rd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter Beardsleys by language

Over the past year Peter Beardsley has had the most page views in the with 228,500 views, followed by Italian (5,118), and German (4,255). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (85.12%), Malagasy (75.09%), and Icelandic (52.23%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Peter Beardsley ranks 6,648 out of 21,273. Before him are Brian Labone, Mohamed Kader, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Fikayo Tomori, Jan Suchopárek, and Mick McCarthy. After him are Loïs Openda, Amr Warda, Claudio Biaggio, Junior Messias, Humberto Donoso, and Yazid Mansouri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Peter Beardsley ranks 582. Before him are Reggie Fils-Aimé, Gillian Gilbert, Jorge Guasch, Koichi Hashiratani, Michael Schulz, and Mike Thackwell. After him are Kasi Lemmons, Tim Meadows, Håkan Hardenberger, Lucas Belvaux, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, and Greg Gianforte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Beardsley ranks 5,844 out of 8,785. Before him are Nigel Olsson (1949), C. H. Douglas (1879), Brian Labone (1940), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Mick McCarthy (1959), and Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742). After him are Jason Cooper (1967), Dunc Munro (1901), Dinah Craik (1826), Matilda Ziegler (1964), Michael Bisping (1979), and Francis Walker (1809).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Peter Beardsley ranks 343. Before him are Craig Bellamy (1979), Steve Clarke (1963), Neil Young (1944), David Herd (1934), Brian Labone (1940), and Mick McCarthy (1959). After him are Ledley King (1980), Jim Baxter (1939), Ben Foster (1983), Bobby Collins (1931), Glen Johnson (1984), and Bobby Lennox (1943).

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