SOCCER PLAYER

Stephen Ireland

1986 - Today

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Stephen James Ireland (born 22 August 1986) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Ireland played as a youth player with Cobh Ramblers before joining English club Manchester City in 2001 at the age of 18. He made his professional debut in September 2005 and soon established himself as a regular at the City of Manchester Stadium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Ireland has received more than 1,512,748 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Ireland is the 12,886th most popular soccer player (down from 10,580th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 424th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Irish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Stephen Ireland ranks 12,886 out of 21,273. Before him are Matías Aguirregaray, Baye Djiby Fall, Takafumi Akahoshi, Tim Ream, Peter Ofori-Quaye, and Kenny Miller. After him are Michael Arroyo, Mehdi Zeffane, Darko Brašanac, Iliman Ndiaye, Đặng Văn Lâm, and Francisco Montañés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Stephen Ireland ranks 857. Before him are Tara Westover, Oleg Ivanov, Tereza Kerndlová, Habib Bellaïd, Alê, and Takafumi Akahoshi. After him are Francisco Montañés, Takahisa Masuda, Felipe Perrone, Guy N'dy Assembé, Yuri Alvear, and Yu Song.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Stephen Ireland ranks 468 out of 549. Before him are Sonia O'Sullivan (1969), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), Aisling Franciosi (1993), Liu Hao (null), and Gavin Bazunu (2002). After him are Shane Long (1987), Danny O'Donoghue (1980), Brian Kerr (1953), Pádraig Harrington (1971), Stefan Molyneux (1966), and Alexander Porter (1785).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Stephen Ireland ranks 33. Before him are Kevin Moran (1956), Matt Doherty (1992), Troy Parrott (2002), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), and Gavin Bazunu (2002). After him are Shane Long (1987), Brian Kerr (1953), Stephen Ward (1985), Mark Travers (1999), Stephen Carr (1976), and Evan Ferguson (2004).

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