SOCCER PLAYER

Tim Sparv

1987 - Today

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Tim Sparv (born 20 February 1987) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently working as an assistant coach of the Sparta Prague B. Sparv was born in Oravais, and started his football career in Norrvalla FF youth team before moving to Southampton's junior organisation. He began his senior club career playing for Halmstad, before signing with Groningen in 2010.Sparv made his international debut for Finland in February 2009, at the age of 21 and went on to make 84 caps, including appearing in 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Sparv has received more than 315,600 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Tim Sparv is the 7,547th most popular soccer player (down from 5,938th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Finland (down from 430th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Finnish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tim Sparvs by language

Over the past year Tim Sparv has had the most page views in the with 13,190 views, followed by Finnish (7,391), and Czech (4,152). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (318.18%), Catalan (222.31%), and Italian (139.08%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tim Sparv ranks 7,547 out of 21,273. Before him are Anthony Šerić, Juan Torales, Kevin Phillips, Abdelilah Saber, Steve Heighway, and Aleksandr Tarkhanov. After him are Humberto Suazo, Scott Parker, Esteban Solari, Mike Hanke, Saleh Al-Shehri, and Packie Bonner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Tim Sparv ranks 289. Before him are Ai Kayano, Kevin Jonas, Przemysław Tytoń, Wout Poels, Aaron Lennon, and Natalia Reyes. After him are Ersan İlyasova, José Luis Morales, Filip Filipović, Zuleyka Rivera, Chelsea Manning, and Costel Pantilimon.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tim Sparv ranks 497 out of 751. Before him are Gary Sundgren (1967), Vicky Rosti (1958), Tapio Korjus (1961), Pertti Ukkola (1950), Marco Casagrande (1971), and Mixu Paatelainen (1967). After him are Hannu Tihinen (1976), Janne Lahtela (1974), Leena Lehtolainen (1964), Antti Niemi (1972), Tomi Poikolainen (1961), and Ari Hjelm (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Finland

Among soccer players born in Finland, Tim Sparv ranks 11. Before him are Petri Pasanen (1980), Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Niklas Moisander (1985), Joonas Kolkka (1974), Gary Sundgren (1967), and Mixu Paatelainen (1967). After him are Hannu Tihinen (1976), Antti Niemi (1972), Ari Hjelm (1962), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), Teemu Tainio (1979), and Kari Arkivuo (1983).

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