SOCCER PLAYER

Rainer Bonhof

1952 - Today

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Rainer Bonhof (born 29 March 1952) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder or wing-back. He was known for his occasional bursts upfield and his fierce shot. He was a key player for the 1974 West Germany national team that won the World Cup (defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final, where he provided the assist to the winning goal). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rainer Bonhof has received more than 204,847 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Rainer Bonhof is the 592nd most popular soccer player (up from 828th in 2019), the 1,954th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,678th in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

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  • 62.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rainer Bonhof ranks 592 out of 21,273Before him are Romelu Lukaku, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne, Wayne Rooney, Ján Popluhár, and Włodzimierz Smolarek. After him are Óscar Míguez, Harry Gregg, Poul Nielsen, Gonzalo Higuaín, Michael Owen, and Bruno Conti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rainer Bonhof ranks 114Before him are Chen Kaige, Charles M. Rice, Bola Tinubu, Terry O'Quinn, Chazz Palminteri, and Kaija Saariaho. After him are Nora Miao, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Jacques Audiard, Annie Potts, Şenol Güneş, and Dalia Itzik.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rainer Bonhof ranks 1,954 out of 7,253Before him are Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), Franzl Lang (1930), Georg Ebers (1837), Isdal Woman (1940), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), and John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625). After him are Niko Kovač (1971), Hermann Schlegel (1804), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Clemens Winkler (1838), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), and Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Rainer Bonhof ranks 48Before him are Klaus Fischer (1949), Hans Schäfer (1927), Max Morlock (1925), Jürgen Kohler (1965), Robert Enke (1977), and Guido Buchwald (1961). After him are Niko Kovač (1971), Manfred Kaltz (1953), Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Mario Gómez (1985), and Erich Juskowiak (1926).