SOCCER PLAYER

Sylvain Distin

1977 - Today

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Sylvain Distin (born 16 December 1977) is a French former professional footballer. He is left-footed and played as a centre-back, and was also capable of playing at left-back. Distin began his career playing for French amateur sides, working his way up to professional sides Gueugnon and subsequently Paris Saint-Germain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvain Distin has received more than 745,584 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). Sylvain Distin is the 8,948th most popular soccer player (down from 7,887th in 2019), the 5,725th most popular biography from France (down from 5,242nd in 2019) and the 465th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sylvain Distins by language

Over the past year Sylvain Distin has had the most page views in the with 77,501 views, followed by French (13,764), and Russian (2,682). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (144.68%), Malagasy (84.41%), and Irish (72.02%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sylvain Distin ranks 8,948 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Bocanegra, Jimmy Case, Bent Skammelsrud, Wendell, François Modesto, and Sammy Bossut. After him are Martin Fenin, Cha Jong-hyok, Michail Antonio, Chris Sutton, Alban Bushi, and Dan-Axel Zagadou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Sylvain Distin ranks 550. Before him are Matthew Stevens, Anna Kovalchuk, Callum Blue, Wang Zhizhi, Emily Perkins, and Erna Siikavirta. After him are Klodian Duro, Salif Diao, Irán Castillo, Nuno Assis, 2 Chainz, and Ike Barinholtz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvain Distin ranks 5,725 out of 6,770. Before him are Annick Girardin (1964), Olivier Besancenot (1974), Yann Genty (1981), Aravane Rezaï (1987), Hugo Duminil-Copin (1985), and François Modesto (1978). After him are Dan-Axel Zagadou (1999), Fodé Ballo-Touré (1997), Bruno Cheyrou (1978), Jimmy Briand (1985), Jocelyn Blanchard (1972), and Jean Galfione (1971).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Sylvain Distin ranks 465. Before him are Amine Gouiri (2000), Jonathan Ikoné (1998), Francis Gillot (1960), Yohan Benalouane (1987), Sylvain Armand (1980), and François Modesto (1978). After him are Dan-Axel Zagadou (1999), Fodé Ballo-Touré (1997), Bruno Cheyrou (1978), Jimmy Briand (1985), Jocelyn Blanchard (1972), and Alaixys Romao (1984).

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