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Xabi Alonso

1981 - Today

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Xabier Alonso Olano (Basque: [ˈʃaβi aˈlons̺o oˈlano], Spanish: [ˈʃaβj aˈlonso oˈlano]; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, he is also considered one of the most promising young managers in the world. Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his home province Gipuzkoa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xabi Alonso has received more than 8,314,394 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia. Xabi Alonso is the 275th most popular soccer player (up from 427th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Spain (up from 543rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Xabi Alonso ranks 275 out of 16,880. Before him are Ali Daei, Nobuyuki Kato, Yoshio Okada, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Lilian Thuram, and Megumu Tamura. After him are Kylian Mbappé, Hisataka Okamoto, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Lorenzo Buffon, Niko Kovač, and Hernán Crespo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Xabi Alonso ranks 14. Before him are Samuel Eto'o, David Villa, Serena Williams, Beyoncé, Rami Malek, and Chris Evans. After him are Justin Timberlake, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Alba, LP, Felipe Massa, and Elijah Wood.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Xabi Alonso ranks 467 out of 2,932. Before him are Andrés Nin Pérez (1892), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Bermudo II of León (953), Don Juan Manuel (1282), Rafael Alberti (1902), and Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón (1727). After him are Francisco Rabal (1926), Alonzo Cano (1601), Ausiàs March (1400), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Anne Hidalgo (1959), and Bigas Luna (1946).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Xabi Alonso ranks 23. Before him are Javier Clemente (1950), José Antonio Camacho (1955), Raúl (1977), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), and Amancio Amaro (1939). After him are Quique Setién (1958), Josep Samitier (1902), Fernando Hierro (1968), Gerard Piqué (1987), Antoni Ramallets (1924), and Ernesto Valverde (1964).

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