SOCCER PLAYER
Valery Gazzaev
1954 - Today
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (Russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; Ossetian: Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, romanized: Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, football manager and former footballer of Ossetian descent. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the Olympics. Gazzaev became a coach in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Gazzaev has received more than 107,482 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Valery Gazzaev is the 941st most popular soccer player (up from 2,018th in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,530th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Soccer Player.
Memorability Metrics
110k
Page Views (PV)
60.71
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
36
Languages Editions (L)
5.06
Effective Languages (L*)
3.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among SOCCER PLAYERS
Among soccer players, Valery Gazzaev ranks 941 out of 21,273. Before him are Ángel Romano, Francisco Jara, Yann Sommer, Jair da Rosa Pinto, Bruno Metsu, and Juan Hohberg. After him are Hassan Shehata, Michele Andreolo, Pauleta, Erik Nilsson, Koichi Oita, and Tomoyasu Asaoka.
Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsÁngel Romano
1894 - 1972
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 935
Francisco Jara
1941 - 2024
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 936
Yann Sommer
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 937
Jair da Rosa Pinto
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 938
Bruno Metsu
1954 - 2013
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 939
Juan Hohberg
1926 - 1996
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 940
Valery Gazzaev
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 941
Hassan Shehata
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 942
Michele Andreolo
1912 - 1981
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 943
Pauleta
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 944
Erik Nilsson
1916 - 1995
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 945
Koichi Oita
1914 - 1996
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 946
Tomoyasu Asaoka
1962 - 2021
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 947
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1954, Valery Gazzaev ranks 127. Before him are Uli Jon Roth, Herbert Hainer, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Han Zheng, Karin Fossum, and Bruno Metsu. After him are Sid Meier, Philip J. Pierre, Lee Chang-dong, Morten P. Meldal, Catherine Samba-Panza, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Others Born in 1954
Go to all RankingsUli Jon Roth
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 121
Herbert Hainer
BUSINESSPERSON
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 122
Hussein Kamel al-Majid
POLITICIAN
1954 - 1996
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 123
Han Zheng
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 124
Karin Fossum
WRITER
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 125
Bruno Metsu
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - 2013
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 126
Valery Gazzaev
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 127
Sid Meier
GAME DESIGNER
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 128
Philip J. Pierre
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 129
Lee Chang-dong
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 130
Morten P. Meldal
CHEMIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 131
Catherine Samba-Panza
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 132
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 133
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Valery Gazzaev ranks 917 out of 3,761. Before him are Gleb Panfilov (1934), Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757), Yuri Artyukhin (1930), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Aleksandr Demyanenko (1937), and Kuzma Minin (1616). After him are Volin (1882), Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), Boris Podolsky (1896), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), and Alexander Novikov (1900).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsGleb Panfilov
FILM DIRECTOR
1934 - 2023
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 911
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
POLITICIAN
1757 - 1816
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 912
Yuri Artyukhin
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 1998
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 913
Beate Uhse-Rotermund
BUSINESSPERSON
1919 - 2001
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 914
Aleksandr Demyanenko
ACTOR
1937 - 1999
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 915
Kuzma Minin
POLITICIAN
1616 - 1616
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 916
Valery Gazzaev
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 917
Volin
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1945
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 918
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein
CHEMIST
1838 - 1906
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 919
Sergei Lyapunov
COMPOSER
1859 - 1924
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 920
Boris Podolsky
PHYSICIST
1896 - 1966
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 921
Pyotr Bolotnikov
ATHLETE
1930 - 2013
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 922
Alexander Novikov
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1976
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 923
Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia
Among soccer players born in Russia, Valery Gazzaev ranks 11. Before him are Igor Netto (1930), Eduard Streltsov (1937), Oleg Salenko (1969), Andrey Arshavin (1981), Slava Metreveli (1936), and Viktor Ponedelnik (1937). After him are Sergei Salnikov (1925), Anatoly Tarasov (1918), Yevhen Rudakov (1942), Nikita Simonyan (1926), Igor Chislenko (1939), and Anatoli Bashashkin (1924).
Igor Netto
1930 - 1999
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 5
Eduard Streltsov
1937 - 1990
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 6
Oleg Salenko
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 7
Andrey Arshavin
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 8
Slava Metreveli
1936 - 1998
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 9
Viktor Ponedelnik
1937 - 2020
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 10
Valery Gazzaev
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 11
Sergei Salnikov
1925 - 1984
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 12
Anatoly Tarasov
1918 - 1995
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 13
Yevhen Rudakov
1942 - 2011
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 14
Nikita Simonyan
1926 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 15
Igor Chislenko
1939 - 1994
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 16
Anatoli Bashashkin
1924 - 2002
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 17