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Ryan Nelsen

1977 - Today

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Ryan William Nelsen (born 18 October 1977) is a former New Zealand professional football player and former head coach of Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. Nelsen commonly played as a defender, and his professional career began in 1995. He notably captained the New Zealand national team and started his professional football career in his native country for Christchurch United. In 2001, he joined MLS side D.C. United and went on to play 81 times in the league, scoring 7 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryan Nelsen has received more than 394,510 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ryan Nelsen is the 11,777th most popular soccer player (down from 10,705th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular New Zealander Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ryan Nelsen ranks 11,777 out of 21,273. Before him are Barış Alper Yılmaz, Yu Dabao, Frédéric Née, Andy King, Jesús María Lacruz, and Mattheus Oliveira. After him are Zohib Islam Amiri, Waldemar Anton, Ulugbek Bakayev, Adil Hermach, Lukáš Zelenka, and Ionuț Radu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Ryan Nelsen ranks 813. Before him are Satoshi Miyagawa, Grit Jurack, Toni Velamazán, Jean-Pierre Vidal, Reid Scott, and Julien Pillet. After him are Lucien Mettomo, Kamil Mikulčík, Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino, Jun Uchida, Per Elofsson, and Alex Tachie-Mensah.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Ryan Nelsen ranks 197 out of 303. Before him are Brodie Retallick (1991), Steven Adams (1993), Laurel Hubbard (1978), Kieran Read (1985), Michael Fitzgerald (1988), and Judith Collins (1959). After him are Julian Dean (1975), George Bennett (1990), Barbara Kendall (1967), Jeremy Christie (1983), James Bannatyne (1975), and Aaron Gate (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among soccer players born in New Zealand, Ryan Nelsen ranks 11. Before him are Mark Paston (1976), Chris Wood (1991), Simon Elliott (1974), Kayne Vincent (1988), Winston Reid (1988), and Michael Fitzgerald (1988). After him are Jeremy Christie (1983), James Bannatyne (1975), Vaughan Coveny (1971), Michael McGlinchey (1987), Duncan Oughton (1977), and Chris Killen (1981).

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