SOCCER PLAYER

Victor Wanyama

1991 - Today

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Victor Mugubi Wanyama (Kenyan English: [wɑˈɲɑːmɑ] ; born 25 June 1991) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Kenya national team. Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic's 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012. On 11 July 2013, Wanyama moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million, making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club at the time, surpassing the £9.5 million Russian club Spartak Moscow paid for Aiden McGeady in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Wanyama has received more than 2,585,035 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Victor Wanyama is the 8,891st most popular soccer player (down from 7,745th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Kenya (down from 61st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kenyan Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Victor Wanyama ranks 8,891 out of 21,273. Before him are Souleymane Diawara, David Abraham, Mathias Pogba, Valon Berisha, Sebastián Battaglia, and Florin Andone. After him are Mateo Retegui, Aleksandr Filimonov, Peter Van der Heyden, Kaies Ghodhbane, Juan Manuel López, and Ayila Yussuf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Victor Wanyama ranks 270. Before him are Sarah Bolger, Farid Mammadov, Damson Idris, Anna Bergendahl, Brankica Mihajlović, and Pablo Carreño Busta. After him are Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Renato Steffen, Sara Sampaio, Nathan Baker, Chanel Terrero, and Christian Cueva.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Victor Wanyama ranks 72 out of 150. Before him are Billy Konchellah (1961), Vivian Cheruiyot (1983), Moses Tanui (1965), Patrick Sang (1964), Alfred Kirwa Yego (1986), and Paul Ereng (1966). After him are Edna Kiplagat (1979), Tegla Loroupe (1973), Patrick Makau Musyoki (1985), Ezekiel Kemboi (1982), Richard Chelimo (1972), and Wilfred Bungei (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Kenya

Among soccer players born in Kenya, Victor Wanyama ranks 3. Before him are Michael Olunga (1994), and McDonald Mariga (1987). After him are Awer Mabil (1995), Dennis Oliech (1985), Robert Mambo Mumba (1978), Thomas Deng (1997), and Luo Guiping (1993).

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