SOCCER PLAYER

Yordan Letchkov

1967 - Today

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Yordan Letchkov Yankov (also transliterated Jordan, Iordan, Lechkov) (Bulgarian: Йордан Лечков Янков; born 9 July 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. He is generally regarded as one of the best players to come out of Bulgaria and was a key member of the squad which reached the semi-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Known to many as "The Magician", Letchkov was a gifted player who could play as a central midfielder or on the left side of midfield, and he was easily recognizable for his baldness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yordan Letchkov has received more than 190,485 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Yordan Letchkov is the 1,462nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,271st in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 135th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yordan Letchkovs by language

Over the past year Yordan Letchkov has had the most page views in the with 29,361 views, followed by Bulgarian (21,866), and German (8,132). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (40,500.00%), Southern Azerbaijani (169.31%), and Latvian (103.87%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yordan Letchkov ranks 1,462 out of 21,273. Before him are Alemão, Francisco Olazar, Nílton de Sordi, Bernard Lama, Saburō Kawabuchi, and José Manuel Pinto. After him are Willy Sagnol, Nobby Stiles, Éder Aleixo de Assis, Uichiro Hatta, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, and Fernando Riera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yordan Letchkov ranks 112. Before him are Luis Abinader, Saara Kuugongelwa, Sandrine Bonnaire, Ai Yazawa, Satya Nadella, and Naser Orić. After him are Sue Gardner, Chris Benoit, Layne Staley, Michael Johnson, Ardem Patapoutian, and Melanie Thornton.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordan Letchkov ranks 141 out of 415. Before him are Stefan Bogoridi (1775), Stanko Todorov (1920), Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942), Teres I (-470), Angel Wagenstein (1922), and Cniva (200). After him are Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Nikola Kotkov (1938), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), and Vineh of Bulgaria (740).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Yordan Letchkov ranks 10. Before him are Trifon Ivanov (1965), Dimitar Penev (1945), Krasimir Balakov (1966), Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Hristo Bonev (1947), and Emil Kostadinov (1967). After him are Nikola Kotkov (1938), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), Ivan Davidov (1943), and Stefan Bozhkov (1923).

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