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Théophile Abega

1954 - 2012

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Théophile Abega Mbida (9 July 1954 – 15 November 2012), nicknamed Doctor, was a Cameroonian football player and politician. Playing as a midfielder he was part of the Cameroon national team, playing all three matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and captaining the side to their first African Nations Cup victory in 1984, where he scored a goal in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Théophile Abega has received more than 57,910 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Théophile Abega is the 4,058th most popular soccer player (down from 3,867th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Cameroon and the 16th most popular Cameroonian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 58k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Théophile Abega ranks 4,058 out of 21,273. Before him are Sven-Gunnar Larsson, Matthias Herget, Eberardo Villalobos, Marañón, Romain Saïss, and José María Belauste. After him are Lutz Eigendorf, Eugen Walaschek, Vittore Gottardi, Néstor Clausen, Josef Streb, and Tom Florie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Théophile Abega ranks 426. Before him are Terry Kinney, Hanif Kureishi, Paul Bearer, Kurt Welzl, Michael Shermer, and Jouko Törmänen. After him are Andrei Sannikov, Zach Grenier, Carly Fiorina, Joseph Polchinski, Enrique Saura, and Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. Among people deceased in 2012, Théophile Abega ranks 363. Before him are Barbara Ann Scott, Rufina Gasheva, Gustaf Jansson, Rosy Varte, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, and Aldo Maldera. After him are Steve Franken, Jenni Rivera, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Jacques Barzun, Klaus Schütz, and Sherman Hemsley.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Théophile Abega ranks 31 out of 156. Before him are Jacques Songo'o (1964), Joseph Bessala (1941), Alex Song (1987), Geremi (1978), Carlos Kameni (1984), and Ephraïm Inoni (1947). After him are Ferdinand Oyono (1929), Cyrille Makanaky (1965), Michel Pensée (1973), Pierre Webó (1982), Emmanuel Kundé (1956), and Jean-Alain Boumsong (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Cameroon

Among soccer players born in Cameroon, Théophile Abega ranks 16. Before him are Vincent Aboubakar (1992), François Omam-Biyik (1966), Jacques Songo'o (1964), Alex Song (1987), Geremi (1978), and Carlos Kameni (1984). After him are Cyrille Makanaky (1965), Michel Pensée (1973), Pierre Webó (1982), Emmanuel Kundé (1956), Jean-Alain Boumsong (1979), and Stephen Tataw (1963).

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