SOCCER PLAYER

Steven Pienaar

1982 - Today

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Steven Jerome Pienaar (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈstivən ˈpinɑːr]; born 17 March 1982) is a South African former professional footballer and current coach of the U14 team of Sharjah FC in the United Arab Emirates.He was a captain of the South African national team. He primarily played as a winger, but also played as an attacking midfielder. Pienaar played at club level in South Africa, the Netherlands, Germany, and England for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland and Bidvest Wits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Pienaar has received more than 1,343,705 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Steven Pienaar is the 5,449th most popular soccer player (down from 5,287th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 191st in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Steven Pienaars by language

Over the past year Steven Pienaar has had the most page views in the with 125,398 views, followed by French (10,072), and Dutch (9,800). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (151.78%), Latin (99.20%), and Irish (87.09%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Steven Pienaar ranks 5,449 out of 21,273. Before him are Mathieu Debuchy, Edin Mujčin, Mario Soto, Tore Pedersen, Olle Nordin, and Evgeny Lovchev. After him are Takayuki Suzuki, Dedé, Baudilio Jáuregui, Bunji Kimura, Joachim Björklund, and Bent Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Steven Pienaar ranks 185. Before him are Markus Rosenberg, Tommy Robredo, Fernando Navarro, Cícero Moraes, Paolo Giordano, and Marjorie Estiano. After him are Liam McIntyre, Andoni Iraola, Vera Brezhneva, Andreas Thorkildsen, Lee Si-young, and Gabriel Luna.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Steven Pienaar ranks 186 out of 454. Before him are Lawrence Stevens (1913), Neville Lederle (1938), Tony Maggs (1937), Christian Gitsham (1888), Albertina Sisulu (1918), and Roger Michell (1956). After him are Reeva Steenkamp (1983), Clarence Walker (1898), Mzilikazi (1790), Athol Fugard (1932), Karel Schoeman (1939), and Griselda Pollock (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Steven Pienaar ranks 5. Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Benni McCarthy (1977), Gordon Hodgson (1904), and Dimas (1969). After him are Phil Masinga (1969), Lucas Radebe (1969), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Mark González (1984), Hans Vonk (1970), Aaron Mokoena (1980), and Quinton Fortune (1977).

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