SOCCER PLAYER

Senzo Meyiwa

1984 - 2014

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Senzo Robert Meyiwa (24 January 1984 – 26 October 2014) was a South African professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for and captained both Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League, and the South Africa national team. He was shot and killed in a home invasion on 26 October 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Senzo Meyiwa has received more than 711,722 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Senzo Meyiwa is the 15,576th most popular soccer player (down from 14,818th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 336th in 2019) and the 45th most popular South African Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 26.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 15,576 out of 21,273. Before him are Yutaka Tahara, Pablo de Blasis, Jean Evrard Kouassi, Ricardinho, Julian Jeanvier, and Tetsuhiro Kina. After him are James Vaughan, Dorian Babunski, Sebastián Pérez Cardona, Adrián López, Dragan Đukanović, and Yasin Pehlivan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 1,120. Before him are Cristian Pulhac, Saïdou Panandétiguiri, Takeshi Matsuda, Yuki Richard Stalph, Miķelis Rēdlihs, and Yuliya Chekalyova. After him are Brian Dabul, Annika Langvad, Sergey Stepanov, Liam Rosenior, Dan Crenshaw, and Edgaras Česnauskis. Among people deceased in 2014, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 586. Before him are Man Haron Monis, Phillip Hughes, Elena Baltacha, U. Srinivas, Sam Berns, and Misty Upham. After him are Adrianne Wadewitz, Simone Battle, Dylan Tombides, and William Bender.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 385 out of 454. Before him are Kyle Edmund (1995), Jacques Kallis (1975), Shu-Aib Walters (1981), Ryan Cox (1979), Sunette Viljoen (1983), and J. R. Rotem (1975). After him are Jacques Freitag (1982), Thuso Mbedu (1991), Shannon Kook (1987), Lloyd Harris (1997), Elrio van Heerden (1983), and Itumeleng Khune (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 45. Before him are Ryan De Vries (1991), Katlego Mphela (1984), Rowen Fernández (1978), Nasief Morris (1981), Bernard Parker (1986), and Shu-Aib Walters (1981). After him are Elrio van Heerden (1983), Itumeleng Khune (1987), Lebo Mothiba (1996), Calvin Marlin (1976), Themba Mnguni (1973), and Siyabonga Sangweni (1981).

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