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Wynton Rufer

1962 - Today

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Wynton Alan Whai Rufer (born 29 December 1962) is a New Zealand retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent more than a decade of his professional career in Switzerland and Germany, achieving his greatest success at Werder Bremen, where he won a total of four major titles and finished the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League 1993–94 season. He was also a member of the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wynton Rufer has received more than 347,805 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Wynton Rufer is the 1,212th most popular soccer player (up from 1,301st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 39th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Soccer Player.

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  • 350k

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  • 52.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wynton Rufer ranks 1,212 out of 21,273. Before him are Javier Ambrois, Ivan Bek, Radja Nainggolan, Axel Witsel, Matías Almeyda, and Milovan Rajevac. After him are Rabah Saâdane, Jan Tomaszewski, Márcio Amoroso, Ernst Stojaspal, Horst Köppel, and Željko Čajkovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Wynton Rufer ranks 122. Before him are Sumi Jo, Ron McGovney, Maia Morgenstern, Michel Qissi, Lori Lightfoot, and David Foster Wallace. After him are Patrick Ewing, Branko Crvenkovski, Ulisses Correia e Silva, Thomas Gibson, Peter Steele, and Sheryl Crow.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Wynton Rufer ranks 27 out of 303. Before him are Bruce Spence (1945), Nancy Wake (1912), Marton Csokas (1966), Cliff Curtis (1968), Temuera Morrison (1960), and Alan Dale (1947). After him are Jonah Lomu (1975), Cindy Kiro (1958), Andrew Niccol (1964), Raymond Firth (1901), Richard Curtis (1956), and Peter Snell (1938).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among soccer players born in New Zealand, Wynton Rufer ranks 1. After him are Archie Thompson (1978), Ricki Herbert (1961), Ivan Vicelich (1976), Mark Paston (1976), Chris Wood (1991), Simon Elliott (1974), Kayne Vincent (1988), Winston Reid (1988), Michael Fitzgerald (1988), Ryan Nelsen (1977), and Jeremy Christie (1983).

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