SOCCER PLAYER

Takayuki Morimoto

1988 - Today

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Takayuki Morimoto (森本 貴幸, Morimoto Takayuki, born 7 May 1988) is a Japanese former professional footballer who plays as a second striker. He holds the record for the youngest Japanese player to make his professional debut, and the youngest scorer in J1 League history. Morimoto represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 versions of the Toulon Tournament, the 2004 AFC Youth Championship, the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takayuki Morimoto has received more than 133,145 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Takayuki Morimoto is the 6,370th most popular soccer player (down from 5,767th in 2019), the 1,822nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,730th in 2019) and the 390th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Takayuki Morimoto ranks 6,370 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Gómez, Sjaak Troost, Alexandra Popp, Takashi Sekizuka, Emmanuel Emenike, and Ioan Sabău. After him are Tom Whittaker, Gerardo Miranda, Saïd Chiba, Ersun Yanal, Antonio López, and Kiril Ivkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Takayuki Morimoto ranks 179. Before him are Ivan Zaytsev, Alexey Shved, Micah Richards, Hayley Williams, Birkir Bjarnason, and Little Caprice. After him are Domagoj Duvnjak, Ricky Álvarez, Robert Sheehan, Nichkhun, Miralem Sulejmani, and Danilo Gallinari.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takayuki Morimoto ranks 1,822 out of 6,245. Before him are Maki Haneta (1972), Akihiro Nagashima (1964), Tomoyuki Kajino (1960), Yūko Mizutani (1964), Mari Okada (1976), and Takashi Sekizuka (1960). After him are Futoshi Ikeda (1970), Nobutaka Taguchi (1951), Seiko Noda (1960), Joe Odagiri (1976), Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), and Hitomi Nabatame (1976).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Takayuki Morimoto ranks 390. Before him are Norio Omura (1969), Kae Nishina (1972), Maki Haneta (1972), Akihiro Nagashima (1964), Tomoyuki Kajino (1960), and Takashi Sekizuka (1960). After him are Futoshi Ikeda (1970), Atsushi Yanagisawa (1977), An Yong-hak (1978), Kazuo Echigo (1965), Shūichi Gonda (1989), and Kōji Nakata (1979).

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