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Shane Long

1987 - Today

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Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Long began his football career at Cork City. He later moved to Reading where, among other achievements, he scored three goals in ten substitute appearances during his team's Championship-winning 2005–06 campaign, guided his team into the fourth round of the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool in a third round replay match in 2010, and later won a player of the season award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shane Long has received more than 2,130,963 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Shane Long is the 12,929th most popular soccer player (down from 10,686th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 428th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shane Long ranks 12,929 out of 21,273. Before him are Rolf Feltscher, Anders Dreyer, Jill Roord, Mariano Barbosa, Pablo Hernández, and Brian Rodríguez. After him are Pasquale Foggia, Keiichi Zaizen, Nicola Leali, Gustavo Manduca, Lasse Vibe, and Domingos Duarte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Shane Long ranks 815. Before him are Tim Ream, Michael Arroyo, Marin Tomasov, Rafael Silva, Jeanette Ottesen, and Tyrese Rice. After him are Lasse Vibe, Andrija Prlainović, Alban Hoxha, Brwa Nouri, Johanna Braddy, and Armando Cooper.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Shane Long ranks 467 out of 549. Before him are Sonia O'Sullivan (1969), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), Aisling Franciosi (1993), Gavin Bazunu (2002), and Stephen Ireland (1986). After him are Danny O'Donoghue (1980), Brian Kerr (1953), Pádraig Harrington (1971), Stefan Molyneux (1966), Stephen Ward (1985), and Mark Travers (1999).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Shane Long ranks 34. Before him are Matt Doherty (1992), Troy Parrott (2002), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), Gavin Bazunu (2002), and Stephen Ireland (1986). After him are Brian Kerr (1953), Stephen Ward (1985), Mark Travers (1999), Stephen Carr (1976), Evan Ferguson (2004), and Kevin Doyle (1983).

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