SOCCER PLAYER

Valentin Afonin

1939 - 2021

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Valentin Ivanovich Afonin (Russian: Валентин Иванович Афонин; 22 December 1939 – 2 April 2021) was a Soviet footballer who played as a defender. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentin Afonin has received more than 30,100 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Valentin Afonin is the 2,946th most popular soccer player (down from 2,426th in 2019), the 1,854th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,698th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Valentin Afonin ranks 2,946 out of 21,273. Before him are John Eriksen, Oscar Garré, Zlatko Škorić, Rudolf Belin, Pasieguito, and Ole Madsen. After him are Dionisio Mejía, Iosif Czako, Euzebiusz Smolarek, Héctor Facundo, Constantino Noya, and Mohamed Aboutrika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Valentin Afonin ranks 402. Before him are Terele Pávez, Ángel Cabrera, Laila Kinnunen, Michel Colombier, Michael Learned, and Joe Sample. After him are Alberto Suárez Inda, Tom Hayden, Odd Børre, Dario Campeotto, John F. MacArthur, and Ian Hunter. Among people deceased in 2021, Valentin Afonin ranks 398. Before him are Fausta Morganti, Lee Wan-koo, Modibo Keita, Curtis Fuller, Shlomo Hillel, and Darlene Hard. After him are Michael Somare, Alber Elbaz, Richard Marcinko, Ivo Trumbić, Aydin Ibrahimov, and Rush Limbaugh.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentin Afonin ranks 1,854 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Vampilov (1937), Valeri Brainin (1948), Irina Arkhipova (1925), Nestor Kukolnik (1809), Arseny Golovko (1906), and Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina (1925). After him are Andrey Lavrov (1962), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Slava Polunin (1950), Mikhail Popkov (1964), and Alexander Nevzorov (1958).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Valentin Afonin ranks 31. Before him are Yuriy Voynov (1931), Galimzyan Khusainov (1937), Viktor Tsaryov (1931), Eduard Malofeyev (1942), Anatoli Ilyin (1931), and Valentin Bubukin (1933). After him are Konstantin Beskov (1920), Yuri Semin (1947), Andriy Yarmolenko (1989), Anatoly Krutikov (1933), Vladimir Kesarev (1930), and Igor Lediakhov (1968).

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