SOCCER PLAYER

Wolfgang Overath

1943 - Today

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Wolfgang Overath (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʔoːvəʁaːt] ; born 29 September 1943) is a former West German footballer. A true one-club man, Overath spent his entire professional career at 1. FC Köln. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Overath has received more than 275,003 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Wolfgang Overath is the 223rd most popular soccer player (down from 162nd in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,004th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Soccer Player.

Wolfgang Overath is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder for 1. FC Köln and West Germany. He was named German Footballer of the Year in 1967 and 1973, and won the European Championship with West Germany in 1972.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wolfgang Overath ranks 223 out of 21,273. Before him are Andoni Zubizarreta, Franck Ribéry, Dunga, Philippe Troussier, Josip Skoblar, and Radomir Antić. After him are Alessandro Costacurta, Rui Costa, Zbigniew Boniek, Dani Alves, Gaetano Scirea, and Luís Figo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Wolfgang Overath ranks 88. Before him are Sam Shepard, John Denver, Piet Keizer, Alain de Benoist, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Jean-Louis Tauran. After him are Barbara Bouchet, Mario J. Molina, Fouad Siniora, Jacques Attali, Paul Van Himst, and George Benson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Overath ranks 1,072 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Kaiser (1878), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), Oswald Pohl (1892), William Stern (1871), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845). After him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), and Viktor Lutze (1890).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Wolfgang Overath ranks 21. Before him are Harald Schumacher (1954), Felix Magath (1953), Günter Netzer (1944), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Michael Ballack (1976), and Manuel Neuer (1986). After him are Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Mesut Özil (1988), Helmut Haller (1939), Thomas Müller (1989), Jens Lehmann (1969), and Uli Stielike (1954).

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