SOCCER PLAYER

Shay Given

1976 - Today

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Séamus John James Given (born 20 April 1976) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish goalkeepers of all time. With 134 caps, he is the second-most-capped Republic of Ireland player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shay Given has received more than 2,266,169 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Shay Given is the 6,844th most popular soccer player (down from 4,952nd in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shay Given ranks 6,844 out of 21,273. Before him are Édison Méndez, José Francisco Cevallos, Andreas Ulmer, Alexander Nübel, Graeme Le Saux, and Yuko Oita. After him are Duda, Marco Caneira, Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira, Aziz Behich, Dany Verlinden, and Ken Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Shay Given ranks 376. Before him are Françoise Mbango Etone, Um Ki-joon, Paolo Meneguzzi, Óscar Sevilla, Vahid Hashemian, and Almira Skripchenko. After him are Linde Lindström, Víctor Sánchez, Bernardo Corradi, Michał Żewłakow, Jacek Krzynówek, and Daisuke Oku.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Shay Given ranks 366 out of 549. Before him are Marian Keyes (1963), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Desmond Connell (1926), Mairead McGuinness (1959), Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), and Kerry Condon (1983). After him are James Mason (1849), Mary Lou McDonald (1969), Phil Hogan (1960), Finn Bálor (1981), Frank Stapleton (1956), and Kian Egan (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Shay Given ranks 17. Before him are Denis Irwin (1965), John McKenna (1855), Frank O'Farrell (1927), Johnny Giles (1940), Damien Duff (1979), and Johnny Carey (1919). After him are Frank Stapleton (1956), Steve Heighway (1947), Packie Bonner (1960), Ronnie Whelan (1961), Steve Finnan (1976), and Stephen Hunt (1981).

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