SOCCER PLAYER

Ronnie Whelan

1961 - Today

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Ronald Andrew Whelan (; born 25 September 1961) is an Irish former professional football player who played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender. He played an integral role in the dominant Liverpool side that won a wealth of titles in the 1980s. He was at the club from 1979 until 1994, scoring a number of vital goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronnie Whelan has received more than 600,786 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ronnie Whelan is the 7,876th most popular soccer player (down from 7,117th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Irish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ronnie Whelan ranks 7,876 out of 21,273. Before him are Fabian Frei, Aldo Bobadilla, Jonathan Pitroipa, Dalian Atkinson, Quinton Fortune, and Mohammad Al-Sahlawi. After him are Arnold Bruggink, Ioannis Amanatidis, Sergio Pellissier, Frédéric Déhu, Stefan Rehn, and MacBeth Sibaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Ronnie Whelan ranks 685. Before him are Tomi Poikolainen, Gabi Zange, Bernd Dittert, Chris Sawyer, Josefina Vázquez Mota, and Nikolay Abramov. After him are David Lovering, Park Kyung-hoon, Ayan Sadakov, Alejandro Domínguez, Carlos Estrada, and Andrew Airlie.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Ronnie Whelan ranks 404 out of 549. Before him are Niamh Kavanagh (1968), Glenn Quinn (1970), Paul Mescal (1996), John Moore (1970), Creighton Hale (1882), and Devon Murray (1988). After him are Hozier (1990), Mary Black (1955), Ron Delany (1935), Anne Enright (1962), A. J. Buckley (1977), and Rosanna Davison (1984).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Ronnie Whelan ranks 21. Before him are Damien Duff (1979), Johnny Carey (1919), Shay Given (1976), Frank Stapleton (1956), Steve Heighway (1947), and Packie Bonner (1960). After him are Steve Finnan (1976), Stephen Hunt (1981), Niall Quinn (1966), Richard Dunne (1979), Séamus Coleman (1988), and Kevin Moran (1956).

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