SOCCER PLAYER

Preben Elkjær

1957 - Today

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Preben Elkjær Larsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈelˌkʰeˀɐ̯]; born 11 September 1957) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Amongst others, he played with Hellas Verona in Italy, helping the club to the only major title of its history, the 1985 Serie A. Additionally, Elkjær scored 38 goals for the Denmark national team in 11 years, being a leading figure for the Danish side under coach Sepp Piontek that played at the Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup (a first-ever appearance), often hailed as the golden generation of Danish football by their countrymen. Elkjær won the Bronze Ball award at the latter competition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Preben Elkjær has received more than 350,032 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Preben Elkjær is the 417th most popular soccer player (up from 493rd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 194th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Preben Elkjær ranks 417 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Bianchi, Gianfranco Zola, Pablo Dorado, Saizo Saito, Steven Gerrard, and Patrick Kluivert. After him are Seishiro Shimatani, Leopoldo Luque, Haruo Arima, Reino Börjesson, Antonín Puč, and Igor Netto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Preben Elkjær ranks 53. Before him are Fran Drescher, Hwang Kyo-ahn, Yuen Biao, Shannon Tweed, Subcomandante Marcos, and Spike Lee. After him are Stephen Fry, Jan Ceulemans, Cesare Prandelli, Yoshihiko Noda, Georgi Parvanov, and Dani Rodrik.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Preben Elkjær ranks 164 out of 1,032. Before him are Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659), Rasmus Bartholin (1625), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), and Bent Larsen (1935). After him are Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Carl Bloch (1834), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), and August Bournonville (1805).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Preben Elkjær ranks 4. Before him are Peter Schmeichel (1963), Allan Simonsen (1952), and Richard Møller Nielsen (1937). After him are Poul Nielsen (1891), Søren Lerby (1958), Kenneth Zohore (1994), Harald Nielsen (1941), Sophus Nielsen (1888), Frank Arnesen (1956), Kasper Schmeichel (1986), and John Hansen (1924).

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