SOCCER PLAYER

Ulf Kirsten

1965 - Today

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Ulf Kirsten (born 4 December 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed Der Schwatte (dialect for Der Schwarze, 'The Black One'), he is the first player in history to reach a total 100 caps playing with two different national teams (first for East Germany, then Reunified Germany). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulf Kirsten has received more than 395,339 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ulf Kirsten is the 1,153rd most popular soccer player (up from 1,347th in 2019), the 3,027th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,449th in 2019) and the 88th most popular German Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ulf Kirsten ranks 1,153 out of 21,273. Before him are Dennis Viollet, John Hansen, Takeshi Natori, Bert Patenaude, Carlos Mozer, and Márton Bukovi. After him are Bora Kostić, Rudolf Vytlačil, Francisco Aramburu, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Guillermo Gorostiza, and Bengt Gustavsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Ulf Kirsten ranks 93. Before him are David Wenham, Marcelino García Toral, Damien Hirst, Yoshiki, Manuel Uribe, and Stéphane Peterhansel. After him are Karl-Heinz Riedle, Kim Bodnia, Yvan Attal, Kevin James, Yang Liwei, and Chris Penn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulf Kirsten ranks 3,027 out of 7,253. Before him are Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Karl Möbius (1825), Richard Wilhelm (1873), Salomea of Berg (1093), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), and Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703). After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Princess Anna of Saxony (1836), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558), Theodoric of Freiberg (1250), and Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Ulf Kirsten ranks 88. Before him are Hamit Altıntop (1982), Hansi Müller (1957), Alfred Pfaff (1926), Joselu (1990), Mats Hummels (1988), and Werner Kohlmeyer (1924). After him are Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965), Karlheinz Förster (1958), Horst Szymaniak (1934), Werner Liebrich (1927), Mehmet Scholl (1970), and Horst Köppel (1948).

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