SOCCER PLAYER

Viv Anderson

1956 - Today

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Vivian Alexander Anderson (born 29 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is best known for his ten-year stint with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the First Division title in 1978, as well as the European Cup in 1979 and 1980. In 1978, he became the first black footballer to play for England's senior men's national team, and from 1980 to 1988, was selected in the England squad for four major tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viv Anderson has received more than 796,782 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Viv Anderson is the 5,217th most popular soccer player (down from 5,154th in 2019), the 5,087th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,222nd in 2019) and the 248th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Viv Anderson ranks 5,217 out of 21,273. Before him are Soh Chin Ann, Stjepan Tomas, Giourkas Seitaridis, Mustafa El Haddaoui, Olivier Dacourt, and Marcelo Martins Moreno. After him are Cayetano Saporiti, Nikola Kovachev, Satoru Mochizuki, István Juhász, Afonso Alves, and Raphaël Wicky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Viv Anderson ranks 486. Before him are Eduard Nalbandyan, Jerry Doyle, Maxime Verhagen, Guy Stéphan, Greg Phillinganes, and Kevin R. Kregel. After him are Audrey Landers, José Vicente Sánchez, Dwight Yoakam, Herbert Knaup, Christof Koch, and John James.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Viv Anderson ranks 5,087 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Hill (1936), Mark Hateley (1961), John Edwards (1953), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), James McHenry (1753), and Ran Laurie (1915). After him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Steve Toussaint (1965), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Audrey Williamson (1926), Erskine Childers (1870), and John James (1914).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Viv Anderson ranks 248. Before him are Pat Crerand (1939), John Connelly (1938), Noni Madueke (2002), Alex James (1901), Tommy Lawton (1919), and Mark Hateley (1961). After him are Mark Jones (1933), Brian Kidd (1949), Harvey Barnes (1997), Michael Robinson (1958), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), and Alex Stepney (1942).

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