SOCCER PLAYER

Shinji Kagawa

1989 - Today

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Shinji Kagawa (Japanese: 香川 真司, Kagawa Shinji [kaꜜɡawa ɕiꜜndʑi]; born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. He is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese players of all time. Kagawa began his professional career in his homeland with Cerezo Osaka before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinji Kagawa has received more than 3,957,080 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. Shinji Kagawa is the 1,809th most popular soccer player (down from 1,304th in 2019), the 1,043rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 181st most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shinji Kagawa ranks 1,809 out of 21,273. Before him are Diego Lugano, Frank Leboeuf, Rodrigo Palacio, Turgay Şeren, Wim Kieft, and Ladislav Pavlovič. After him are Renato Cesarini, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Luís Pereira, Masatada Ishii, Tokutaro Ukon, and Takaji Mori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Shinji Kagawa ranks 27. Before him are Dakota Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Lee Jong-suk, César Azpilicueta, Can Yaman, and Jules Bianchi. After him are Lily Collins, Brie Larson, Valtteri Bottas, Enner Valencia, Bill Kaulitz, and Javier Pastore.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinji Kagawa ranks 1,043 out of 6,245. Before him are Ken Ogata (1937), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Hidetsugu Yagi (1886), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Uchida Kōsai (1865), and Jinichi Kusaka (1888). After him are Masatada Ishii (1967), Tokutaro Ukon (1913), Takaji Mori (1943), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), and Hiroshi Yoshida (1876).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Shinji Kagawa ranks 181. Before him are Ryuichi Sugiyama (1941), Hiroji Imamura (1949), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Homare Sawa (1978), Hideki Maeda (1954), and Keizo Imai (1950). After him are Masatada Ishii (1967), Tokutaro Ukon (1913), Takaji Mori (1943), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Teruo Nimura (1943), and Takeshi Okada (1956).

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