SOCCER PLAYER

William Gallas

1977 - Today

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William Eric Gallas (born 17 August 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played most of his footballing career in France and England before finishing his career in Australia with A-League club Perth Glory. Gallas began his career in France, before being signed by English club Chelsea in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gallas has received more than 1,717,850 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gallas is the 1,666th most popular soccer player (up from 2,105th in 2019), the 3,653rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,942nd in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, William Gallas ranks 1,666 out of 21,273. Before him are Oliver Neuville, Lucas Vázquez, Bruno Alves, Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, Giovanni Galli, and Nwankwo Kanu. After him are Ernst Lehner, Joel Santana, Roland Sandberg, Eduard Markarov, Marián Masný, and Oriol Romeu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, William Gallas ranks 58. Before him are Brock Lesnar, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Marek Jankulovski, Tom Brady, Tom Welling, and Nick Heidfeld. After him are Milo Ventimiglia, Maniche, Kelly Reilly, John Mayer, Christian Abbiati, and Matt Bomer.

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In France

Among people born in France, William Gallas ranks 3,653 out of 6,770. Before him are Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Georges Lacombe (1868), Julie d'Aubigny (1670), Daniel Duval (1944), Adolphe Niel (1802), and Michel Garicoïts (1797). After him are Nicole Courcel (1931), Louis Lumière (1864), Alain Bashung (1947), Frédéric Diefenthal (1968), Geoffrey I of Provence (1013), and Napoléon Henri Reber (1807).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, William Gallas ranks 78. Before him are Willy Sagnol (1977), Robert Jonquet (1925), Christophe Dugarry (1972), André Maschinot (1903), Jacques Fatton (1925), and Maxime Bossis (1955). After him are Theo Hernandez (1997), Étienne Mattler (1905), Vincent Candela (1973), Blaise Matuidi (1987), Jean Nicolas (1913), and Dominique Baratelli (1947).

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