SOCCER PLAYER

Tom Heaton

1986 - Today

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Thomas David Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United. Heaton began his career in the Manchester United academy but was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Royal Antwerp, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers, Rochdale, and Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Cardiff permanently after his release by Manchester United in July 2010. He then joined Bristol City on a one-year deal with an option of a second year but turned it down in May 2013 in favour of a move to Burnley, where he remained for six years before joining Aston Villa in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Heaton has received more than 2,531,413 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Tom Heaton is the 8,632nd most popular soccer player (down from 5,159th in 2019), the 6,521st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,224th in 2019) and the 459th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tom Heaton ranks 8,632 out of 21,273. Before him are Vicente Iborra, Sebastian Prödl, Aleksander Knavs, Nadir Lamyaghri, Yegor Titov, and Dušan Švento. After him are Andraž Kirm, Samuel Holmén, Victor Leandro Bagy, Wílmer Cabrera, Shigetoshi Hasebe, and Bořek Dočkal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Tom Heaton ranks 401. Before him are Camilla Herrem, Aldis Hodge, Djamel Abdoun, Avdija Vršajević, Christopher Abbott, and Al Horford. After him are Salah Mejri, Suzuko Mimori, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Vincent Gérard, František Rajtoral, and Waleed Abdullah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Heaton ranks 6,521 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Bateman (1989), Mark Lawrenson (1957), Leslie Ward (1851), Tamer Hassan (1968), Cal Crutchlow (1985), and Linda Bassett (1950). After him are Michael Gove (1967), Matt Ridley (1958), Willie Ormond (1927), Ken Downing (1917), David Gyasi (1980), and Jamie Waylett (1989).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Tom Heaton ranks 459. Before him are Joe Gomez (1997), Terry Medwin (1932), Bertie Auld (1938), Terry Neill (1942), Adam Armstrong (1997), and Mark Lawrenson (1957). After him are Willie Ormond (1927), Paul Robinson (1979), Danny Rose (1990), Stan Anderson (1933), Joleon Lescott (1982), and Martin Buchan (1949).

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