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Tarak Dhiab

1954 - Today

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Tarak Dhiab (Arabic: طَارِق ذِيَاب; born 15 January 1954) is a Tunisian former footballer and politician. The African Footballer of the Year in 1977, he is listed by the Tunisian Football Federation as having 107 caps for the Tunisia national team, although this number has not been ratified by FIFA. At the 1978 FIFA World Cup, he was a member of the Tunisia national team that became the first national team from Africa to win a World Cup match. Dhiab was chosen as the Tunisian footballer of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarak Dhiab has received more than 76,542 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tarak Dhiab is the 3,013th most popular soccer player (down from 2,750th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 86th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Tunisian Soccer Player.

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  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tarak Dhiab ranks 3,013 out of 21,273. Before him are Željko Matuš, Jorge Dely Valdés, Bruno Giordano, Roberto Soldado, Stanislav Seman, and Khalid Boulahrouz. After him are Kosta Tomašević, Robert Budzynski, Antonio Olmo, Laurent Grimmonprez, Ed de Goey, and Mwepu Ilunga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Tarak Dhiab ranks 341. Before him are Ken Stott, Bob Weinstein, Anna Grodzka, Alberto Malesani, Jo Gartner, and Boro Primorac. After him are Antonio Olmo, Zdeněk Pecka, Ash Carter, Mark Herman, Robert Carradine, and Rahim Ademi.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Tarak Dhiab ranks 96 out of 210. Before him are Taos Amrouche (1913), Mohamed Akid (1949), Moufida Tlatli (1947), Pierre Darmon (1934), Ali Laarayedh (1955), and Anouar Brahem (1957). After him are Ahlam Mosteghanemi (1953), Mokhtar Hasni (1952), Philippe Séguin (1943), Ziad Tlemçani (1963), Hatem Trabelsi (1977), and Carlos Rodríguez (null).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Tunisia

Among soccer players born in Tunisia, Tarak Dhiab ranks 4. Before him are Sadok Sassi (1945), Abdelmajid Chetali (1939), and Mohamed Akid (1949). After him are Mokhtar Hasni (1952), Ziad Tlemçani (1963), Hatem Trabelsi (1977), Nabil Maâloul (1962), Témime Lahzami (1949), Ali Boumnijel (1966), Mohamed Ben Rehaiem (1951), and Néjib Ghommidh (1953).

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