SOCCER PLAYER

Saeed Al-Owairan

1967 - Today

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Saeed Ali Al-Owairan Al-Dossari (Arabic: سَعِيد عَلِيّ الْعُوَيْرَان الدَّوْسَرِيّ‎; born 19 August 1967) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab. Widely considered to be one of the greatest Asian footballers of all time, Al-Owairan is renowned for his goal against Belgium in the 1994 World Cup, which was considered the sixth-best in FIFA's Goal of the Century rankings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saeed Al-Owairan has received more than 432,520 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Saeed Al-Owairan is the 806th most popular soccer player (up from 2,389th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 161st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Saudi Arabian Soccer Player.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Saeed Al-Owairan ranks 806 out of 21,273. Before him are Antonio Juliano, Luis Otero, Patrick M'Boma, Preguinho, Kepa Arrizabalaga, and Hugo Gatti. After him are Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Slava Metreveli, Tita, Eric Abidal, Marc Wilmots, and Christophe Galtier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Saeed Al-Owairan ranks 59. Before him are Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Bjørn Dæhlie, Robert Golob, Bajram Begaj, R. Kelly, and Gigi D'Agostino. After him are Maria Bello, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Noel Gallagher, Song Kang-ho, Naoko Takeuchi, and Liev Schreiber.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al-Owairan ranks 185 out of 354. Before him are Lubaba bint al-Harith (593), Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931), Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700), Shurahbil ibn Hasana (583), Abu Dujana (null), and Adi ibn Hatim (550). After him are Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (null), Muhammad bin Nayef (1959), Umayya ibn Khalaf (null), Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (1949), Shaykh Ahmad (1753), and Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Saudi Arabia

Among soccer players born in Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al-Owairan ranks 2. Before him are Majed Abdullah (1959). After him are Sami Al-Jaber (1972), Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972), Salem Al-Dawsari (1991), Salman Al-Faraj (1989), Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982), Yousuf Al-Thunayan (1963), Ali Al-Bulaihi (1989), Omar Abdulrahman (1991), Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992), and Abdullah Al-Mayouf (1987).

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