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 1,444,397 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Ireland is the 12,881st most popular soccer player (down from 10,580th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 424th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Irish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Stephen Irelands by language

Over the past year Stephen Ireland has had the most page views in the with 155,872 views, followed by Italian (6,495), and Russian (3,309). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (151.86%), Malagasy (131.28%), and Ukrainian (55.67%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Stephen Ireland ranks 12,881 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 855. Before him are Tara Westover, Oleg Ivanov, Tereza Kerndlová, Habib Bellaïd, Alê, and Takafumi Akahoshi. After him are Francisco Montañés, Takahisa Masuda, Guy N'dy Assembé, Yuri Alvear, Yu Song, and Mustafa Ali.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Stephen Ireland ranks 466 out of 549. Before him are Troy Parrott (2002), Sonia O'Sullivan (1969), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), Aisling Franciosi (1993), and Gavin Bazunu (2002). After him are Shane Long (1987), Danny O'Donoghue (1980), Brian Kerr (1953), Pádraig Harrington (1971), Stefan Molyneux (1966), and Stephen Ward (1985).

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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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