SOCCER PLAYER

Vasil Metodiev

1935 - 2019

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Vasil Metodiev (Bulgarian: Васил Методиев; (6 January 1935 – 29 July 2019), nicknamed Shpaydela, was a Bulgarian football midfielder who played for Bulgaria in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Lokomotiv Sofia. He was the legendary coach of Levski Sofia, where he won three Bulgarian championships in 1984, 1985 and 1988, two Bulgarian Cup titles in 1984 and 1991, two Cup of the Soviet Army titles in 1984 and 1988, including one treble in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasil Metodiev has received more than 19,040 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vasil Metodiev is the 5,348th most popular soccer player (down from 4,170th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 230th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vasil Metodiev ranks 5,348 out of 21,273. Before him are Jaime Belmonte, Blaise Nkufo, Yohan Cabaye, Matteo Guendouzi, Béla Várady, and Ole Rasmussen. After him are Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Roger Rio, Vlada Avramov, Leonel Álvarez, Dimitris Salpingidis, and Javier González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Vasil Metodiev ranks 493. Before him are J. G. Farrell, Charles Sheffield, Barbro Martinsson, Vic Elford, Frank Schepke, and Marilee Stepan. After him are Rudi Hoffmann, Malcolm Bilson, Ronald Pettersson, Michael Wheeler, Hermann Nuber, and Jürgen Werner. Among people deceased in 2019, Vasil Metodiev ranks 486. Before him are Donald Kalpokas, Robert Walker, Neville Lederle, Jerry Herman, Napoleon Chagnon, and Walter Munk. After him are Peter McNamara, Antal Bolvári, Jürgen Kissner, Eugène Camara, Ugo Colombo, and Mitsuhisa Taguchi.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Vasil Metodiev ranks 263 out of 415. Before him are Valentin Yordanov (1960), Philip Dimitrov (1955), Aleksandar Kostov (1938), Nikola Kovachev (1934), Pavel Panov (1950), and Meglena Kuneva (1957). After him are Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), Vidin Apostolov (1941), Ginka Zagorcheva (1958), George Baker (1931), Ivo Papazov (1952), and Michael Arlen (1895).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Vasil Metodiev ranks 40. Before him are Todor Diev (1934), Asparuh Nikodimov (1945), Kiril Metkov (1965), Aleksandar Kostov (1938), Nikola Kovachev (1934), and Pavel Panov (1950). After him are Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), Vidin Apostolov (1941), Daniel Borimirov (1970), Ivaylo Yordanov (1968), Stoycho Mladenov (1957), and Plamen Markov (1957).

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