SOCCER PLAYER

Ralf Edström

1952 - Today

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Ralf Sigvard Edström (born 7 October 1952) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as Sweden's best player in the 1970s, he started off his career with Degerfors IF in the late 1960s and went on to represent Åtvidabergs FF, PSV Eindhoven, IFK Göteborg, Standard Liege, and AS Monaco before retiring at Örgryte IS in 1985. A full international between 1972 and 1980, he won 40 caps for the Sweden national team and scored 15 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralf Edström has received more than 103,525 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ralf Edström is the 1,204th most popular soccer player (up from 1,585th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 537th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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  • 59.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ralf Edström ranks 1,204 out of 21,273. Before him are Umberto Caligaris, Mehmet Scholl, Josef Posipal, Nahum Stelmach, Ciro Immobile, and Władysław Żmuda. After him are Enrico Chiesa, Javier Ambrois, Ivan Bek, Radja Nainggolan, Axel Witsel, and Matías Almeyda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ralf Edström ranks 192. Before him are Jacques Santini, Peter Haber, Annette O'Toole, Grigory Yavlinsky, Ng Man-tat, and Renaud. After him are Lam Ching-ying, Johann Schneider-Ammann, Randy Savage, Jeff Fahey, Luis Moreno Ocampo, and Serhiy Tkach.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ralf Edström ranks 412 out of 1,879. Before him are Pia Sundhage (1960), Slim Borgudd (1946), Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Peter Artedi (1705), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), and Sven Tumba (1931). After him are Klas Lestander (1931), Johan Tobias Sergel (1740), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Pehr Kalm (1716), Joe Hill (1879), and Lars Norén (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Ralf Edström ranks 25. Before him are Sven Rydell (1905), Knut Nordahl (1920), Tore Keller (1905), Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Pia Sundhage (1960), and Sven Tumba (1931). After him are Orvar Bergmark (1930), Conny Torstensson (1949), Nils Axelsson (1906), Martin Dahlin (1968), Bertil Nordahl (1917), and Jan Olsson (1944).

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