SOCCER PLAYER

Siphiwe Tshabalala

1984 - Today

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Lawrence Siphiwe Dambuza Tshabalala (; born 25 September 1984) is a South African professional football player who most recently played as a midfielder for AmaZulu. He is considered to be one of the most well-known and decorated South African soccer players of his generation. He was the first player to make his international debut while still playing in the National First Division. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Siphiwe Tshabalala has received more than 962,802 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Siphiwe Tshabalala is the 6,344th most popular soccer player (down from 5,231st in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 188th in 2019) and the 8th most popular South African Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Siphiwe Tshabalalas by language

Over the past year Siphiwe Tshabalala has had the most page views in the with 117,832 views, followed by Spanish (14,690), and French (11,933). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (144.40%), Malagasy (95.20%), and Catalan (40.33%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 6,344 out of 21,273. Before him are Gert Heidler, Dieter Riedel, Xabi Prieto, Branko Strupar, Euller, and Nicolae Dică. After him are César Delgado, Renato, Mohamed Chaïb, Semih Şentürk, Pedro Emanuel, and Breel Embolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 205. Before him are Leyla Aliyeva, Zhang Zilin, Seung-Hui Cho, Danay García, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, and Darren Fletcher. After him are Tayanna, Marcin Gortat, Finn Wittrock, Aram Mp3, Florent Sinama Pongolle, and Antonio Rukavina.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 218 out of 454. Before him are Alfred Swift (1931), Ian Hunter (1900), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Troye Sivan (1995), and Sol Plaatje (1876). After him are Bram Fischer (1908), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Mike Melvill (1940), Austin Stevens (1950), Bruce Johnstone (1937), and William Ferguson (1940).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 8. Before him are Benni McCarthy (1977), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Dimas (1969), Steven Pienaar (1982), Phil Masinga (1969), and Lucas Radebe (1969). After him are Mark González (1984), Hans Vonk (1970), Aaron Mokoena (1980), Quinton Fortune (1977), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), and Pierre Issa (1975).

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