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Raphaël Varane

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Raphaël Xavier Varane (French: [ʁafaɛl vaʁan]; born 25 April 1993) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation. Varane played for French club Lens at youth level and, ahead of the 2010–11 season, began training with the senior team and appeared on the bench in several league matches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raphaël Varane has received more than 7,117,695 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Raphaël Varane is the 1,765th most popular soccer player (down from 1,260th in 2019), the 3,740th most popular biography from France (down from 3,346th in 2019) and the 88th most popular French Soccer Player.

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  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Raphaël Varane ranks 1,765 out of 21,273. Before him are Imre Kovács, Ramón Gil, Uwe Rahn, Ernesto Castano, Cayetano Ré, and Joël Bats. After him are Marius Lăcătuș, Silvestre Igoa, Xherdan Shaqiri, Bernard Dietz, János Farkas, and Giuseppe Signori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Raphaël Varane ranks 18. Before him are Jan Oblak, Liam Payne, Julian Draxler, Marc Márquez, Hande Erçel, and Suga. After him are Harry Maguire, Samuel Umtiti, Loris Karius, Ederson, Yannick Carrasco, and Ante Rebić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raphaël Varane ranks 3,740 out of 6,770. Before him are Laurent Terzieff (1935), Anémone (1950), Elizabeth of Nevers (1439), Jacques Cujas (1522), Sanchia of Provence (1225), and Joël Bats (1957). After him are Louis Diémer (1843), Joseph-François Michaud (1767), Jules Bianchi (1989), Philippe Étancelin (1896), Clémence Poésy (1982), and Jean Mouton (1459).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Raphaël Varane ranks 88. Before him are Blaise Matuidi (1987), Jean Nicolas (1913), Dominique Baratelli (1947), Dominique Rocheteau (1955), Kalidou Koulibaly (1991), and Joël Bats (1957). After him are Edmond Delfour (1907), Frank Leboeuf (1968), Jacques Simon (1941), André-Pierre Gignac (1985), Marcel Langiller (1908), and Marcel Domingo (1924).

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