SOCCER PLAYER

Rob Friend

1981 - Today

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Robert Douglas Friend (born 23 January 1981) is a Canadian former professional soccer player, the president and co-founder of Vancouver FC, the ceo and co-founder of Pacific FC, the founder of Toca Football Canada, the co-founder of Canadian Premier League, the managing partner of SixFive Sport Fund also DRG Investment Group, and currently appointed as chief executive officer for Malaysia national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rob Friend has received more than 115,031 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rob Friend is the 14,526th most popular soccer player (down from 11,928th in 2019), the 1,280th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,085th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Canadian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rob Friend ranks 14,526 out of 21,273. Before him are Nicolás Spolli, Kirsten van de Ven, Takayuki Yokoyama, Fousseni Diawara, Chika Hirao, and Nasief Morris. After him are Martí Riverola, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Guro Reiten, Mohamed Koffi, Chris Führich, and Neto Baiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Rob Friend ranks 1,120. Before him are Tom Guiry, Sarah Siegelaar, Edson Buddle, Émilie Heymans, Nasief Morris, and Guri Melby. After him are Riin Tamm, Kenta Kawai, Marco Tulio, Farrah Franklin, Leandro Euzébio, and Moisés Hurtado.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rob Friend ranks 1,280 out of 1,622. Before him are Rebecca Henderson (1980), Valérie Maltais (1990), John Tavares (1990), Heather Doerksen (1980), Chris Osgood (1972), and Cindy Busby (1983). After him are Kaillie Humphries (1985), Ryan Getzlaf (1985), Jonathan Toews (1988), Lorne Cardinal (1964), Landon Liboiron (1991), and Neil Sanderson (1978).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Canada

Among soccer players born in Canada, Rob Friend ranks 29. Before him are Jimmy Nicholl (1956), Kailen Sheridan (1995), Matt Lam (1989), Steven Vitória (1987), Daniel Fernandes (1983), and Jonathan Osorio (1992). After him are Lars Hirschfeld (1978), Marcel de Jong (1986), Jordyn Huitema (2001), Kamal Miller (1997), Junior Hoilett (1990), and Stephanie Labbé (1986).

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