SOCCER PLAYER

Sonny Anderson

1970 - Today

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Anderson da Silva (born 19 September 1970), better known as Sonny Anderson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer at the club level, he was best known for his spells with Lyon, Monaco (he played most of his abroad career in France, amassing Ligue 1 totals of 221 matches and 138 goals) and Barcelona. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonny Anderson has received more than 556,307 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sonny Anderson is the 1,515th most popular soccer player (up from 1,895th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 413th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sonny Andersons by language

Over the past year Sonny Anderson has had the most page views in the with 83,073 views, followed by English (67,515), and Portuguese (20,989). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (228.30%), Southern Azerbaijani (184.78%), and Malagasy (39.00%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sonny Anderson ranks 1,515 out of 21,273. Before him are Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Zlatko Vujović, Yoshiichi Watanabe, Kenzo Yokoyama, Fernando Paternoster, and Igor Tudor. After him are Romeo Benetti, José Iraragorri, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Uwe Bein, Geoff Bent, and Klaus Toppmöller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Sonny Anderson ranks 79. Before him are Matthew Lillard, Adi Hütter, Angelo Peruzzi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Nasser Al-Attiyah, and Lara Flynn Boyle. After him are Gareth Southgate, Minnie Driver, Vadim Krasnoselsky, Warwick Davis, Anna Gavalda, and Dominic Purcell.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sonny Anderson ranks 335 out of 2,236. Before him are Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Neco (1895), Maria Quitéria (1792), Fred (1983), Bertha Lutz (1894), and Walter Salles (1956). After him are Morena Baccarin (1979), Antony (2000), José Wilker (1944), Jaime Lerner (1937), Nelsinho Baptista (1950), and Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Sonny Anderson ranks 153. Before him are Nílton de Sordi (1931), Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Serginho Chulapa (1953), Roberto Miranda (1944), Neco (1895), and Fred (1983). After him are Antony (2000), Nelsinho Baptista (1950), Danilo Alvim (1920), Jair Marinho (1936), Arthur Machado (1909), and Marcos Paquetá (1958).

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