1974 - Today
Taribo West (born 26 March 1974) is a Nigerian pastor and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for his various unusual and colourful hairstyles.After winning several major trophies with Auxerre in French football, West went on to play for both Milanese clubs, Inter Milan and AC Milan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taribo West has received more than 927,400 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Taribo West is the 2,771st most popular soccer player (down from 2,244th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 29th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Taribo West ranks 2,771 out of 16,880. Before him are Johan Boskamp, Wolfgang Kleff, Günter Sawitzki, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Pavel Vrba, and Islam Slimani. After him are Jérémy Mathieu, József Turay, Ángel Bargas, Marcos Alonso, Ilie Balaci, and Osvaldo Velloso de Barros.
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 2,765
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 2,766
1932 - 2020
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 2,767
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 2,768
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 2,769
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 2,770
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 2,771
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 2,772
1905 - 1963
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,773
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,774
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 2,775
1956 - 2018
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 2,776
1908 - 1996
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 2,777
Among people born in 1974, Taribo West ranks 137. Before him are Carsten Jancker, Joseph Muscat, Melanie C, Nujabes, Philippe Clement, and Johanna Sällström. After him are Kathryn Hahn, Jerry O'Connell, Charlotte Perrelli, Ada Colau, Ruben Östlund, and Tiffani Thiessen.
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 131
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 132
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 133
1974 - 2010
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 134
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 135
1974 - 2007
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 136
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 137
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 138
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 139
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 140
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 141
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 142
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 143
Among people born in Nigeria, Taribo West ranks 38 out of 236. Before him are Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Aliko Dangote (1957), Tijani Babangida (1973), and Kelechi Iheanacho (1996). After him are Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Abubakar Shekau (1974), and Finidi George (1971).
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 32
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 33
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 34
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 35
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 36
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 37
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 38
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 39
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 40
1924 - 1966
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 42
1974 - 2021
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 43
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 44
Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Taribo West ranks 6. Before him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Tijani Babangida (1973), and Kelechi Iheanacho (1996). After him are Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Finidi George (1971), Sunday Oliseh (1974), and Victor Ikpeba (1973).
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1
1963 - 2012
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 2
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 3
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 4
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 12