SOCCER PLAYER

Yang Song-guk

1944 - Today

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Yang Song-guk (Korean: 양성국; born 19 August 1944) is a North Korean football forward who played for North Korea in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. There he scored against Portugal in the Quarter-finals at Goodison Park. He also played for Kigwancha Pyongyang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Song-guk has received more than 8,095 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yang Song-guk is the 1,828th most popular soccer player (up from 4,673rd in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from North Korea (up from 102nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular North Korean Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.1k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yang Song-guk ranks 1,828 out of 21,273. Before him are Arne Selmosson, Anatoli Maslyonkin, David Arellano, Jacques Duquesne, Teruo Nimura, and Memphis Depay. After him are Fernando Giudicelli, Juan José Tramutola, Nicolae Kovács, Luis Hernández, Takeshi Okada, and Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Yang Song-guk ranks 383. Before him are Pleun Strik, Aman Tuleyev, Tony Atkinson, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Bodil Joensen, and Botho Strauß. After him are Berta Ambrož, Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Gene Clark, Raewyn Connell, Diana Bracho, and Ray Davies.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Yang Song-guk ranks 98 out of 162. Before him are Chadae of Goguryeo (71), Kim Hyon-hui (1962), Pak Seung-zin (1941), Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224), Minjung of Goguryeo (10), and Seocheon of Goguryeo (250). After him are Paek Nam-sun (1929), Kim Sowol (1902), Kim Ok (1964), Lee Hoi-chang (1935), Kim Yong-chol (1946), and Choe Son-hui (1964).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In North Korea

Among soccer players born in North Korea, Yang Song-guk ranks 6. Before him are Lee Yoo-hyung (1911), Kim Yong-sik (1910), Kim Sung-gan (1912), Pak Doo-ik (1943), and Pak Seung-zin (1941). After him are Kim Jong-hun (1956), Li Dong-woon (1945), Li Chan-myung (1947), Hong Deok-young (1926), Ji Yun-nam (1976), and Ri Myong-guk (1986).

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