SOCCER PLAYER

Ryan Giggs

1973 - Today

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Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; born 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach, former player and co-owner of Salford City. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, and one of the best wingers in the history of football. Giggs spent his entire professional career at Manchester United, where he also served as the club's interim player-manager and assistant manager. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryan Giggs has received more than 10,680,024 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Ryan Giggs is the 382nd most popular soccer player (down from 332nd in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,209th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ryan Giggs ranks 382 out of 21,273. Before him are Masahiro Hamazaki, Robin van Persie, László Bölöni, Zvonimir Boban, Giuseppe Bergomi, and Juninho Pernambucano. After him are Hans Krankl, Lajos Tichy, Guti, Jupp Derwall, Usaburo Hidaka, and Émerson Leão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ryan Giggs ranks 19. Before him are Jan Koller, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Heidi Klum, Marco Materazzi, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and Larry Page. After him are Sergey Brin, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Makoto Shinkai, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, and Kate Beckinsale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ryan Giggs ranks 1,088 out of 8,785. Before him are Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Honor Blackman (1925), and Llywelyn the Great (1173). After him are John Tenniel (1820), Don Airey (1948), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), William Henry (1774), Helen McCrory (1968), and Seamus Heaney (1939).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ryan Giggs ranks 16. Before him are Peter Shilton (1949), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Gary Lineker (1960), Duncan Edwards (1936), Brian Clough (1935), and Phil Neville (1977). After him are Ian Rush (1961), Bob Paisley (1919), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Ally McCoist (1962), and John Toshack (1949).

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