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SOCCER PLAYER

Stephen Keshi

1962 - 2016

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Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (23 January 1962 – 7 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and manager. During his playing career, Keshi played as a defender and earned 60 caps for the Nigeria national team, making him the nation's second-most capped player at the time of his retirement. He represented the country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, captaining the Super Eagles to victory in the latter. He also played club football in five countries, most notably Belgium, where he won the Belgian league championship with R.S.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Keshi has received more than 489,677 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Stephen Keshi is the 4,102nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,916th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 49th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Stephen Keshi ranks 4,102 out of 16,880. Before him are Bwanga Tshimen, Lutz Eigendorf, Kiko, Bernd Franke, Moussa Sow, and Miguel Veloso. After him are Rúben Amorim, Antonio Janni, Raúl García, Andrea Carnevale, Lutz Pfannenstiel, and Cemil Turan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Stephen Keshi ranks 365. Before him are Juan Atkins, Gene Anthony Ray, Mike Massimino, Stuart Pearce, Yvonne Ryding, and David Koechner. After him are Julie Strain, Néstor Clausen, Héctor Enrique, Ivan Jovanović, Anvar Chingizoglu, and Pavel Černý. Among people deceased in 2016, Stephen Keshi ranks 440. Before him are Arthur Harnden, Clyde Lovellette, Jean-Marie Doré, Aki Schmidt, Raúl Sánchez, and Rod Temperton. After him are Kiichirō Furukawa, Francisco Flores Pérez, Klaus Siebert, William Schallert, Gunnel Vallquist, and Anatoli Isayev.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Stephen Keshi ranks 50 out of 236. Before him are Finidi George (1971), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Sunday Oliseh (1974), Victor Ikpeba (1973), Flora Nwapa (1931), and Israel Adesanya (1989). After him are Uche Okechukwu (1967), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Taye Taiwo (1985), Peter Rufai (1963), and Victor Moses (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Stephen Keshi ranks 13. Before him are Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Finidi George (1971), Sunday Oliseh (1974), and Victor Ikpeba (1973). After him are Uche Okechukwu (1967), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Taye Taiwo (1985), Peter Rufai (1963), Victor Moses (1990), and Ahmed Musa (1992).

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