SOCCER PLAYER

Yousuf Al-Thunayan

1963 - Today

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Yousuf Al-Thunayyan (Arabic: يوسف الثُنيان, born November 18, 1963) is a former association football winger and attacking midfielder from Saudi Arabia. He spent all 21 seasons of his senior career at Al-Hilal FC. A playmaker known for vision and technique, Al-Thunayyan was nicknamed "The Philosopher" for his dribbling, goal scoring, and playmaking skills. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yousuf Al-Thunayan has received more than 69,773 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yousuf Al-Thunayan is the 5,459th most popular soccer player (up from 5,889th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 176th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 70k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 5,459 out of 21,273. Before him are Bunji Kimura, Joachim Björklund, Bent Hansen, Trevor Ford, Yuji Sakakura, and Karl Toko Ekambi. After him are Piotr Mowlik, Adriano, Simone Pepe, Miguel Tendillo, Danny Boffin, and Alfred Jermaniš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 491. Before him are Ted Demme, Dave Rodgers, Lisa Rinna, Bret Michaels, Paul Oakenfold, and Joe Dumars. After him are Barbara Dare, Gert-Jan Theunisse, Andrea Sawatzki, Larry Nassar, Paula Ivan, and Stephen Tataw.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 222 out of 354. Before him are Lisa Eilbacher (1956), Abu Mohammad al-Julani (1981), Melora Walters (1960), Salman Al-Faraj (1989), Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982), and Haifaa al-Mansour (1974). After him are Hamza bin Laden (1989), Manal al-Sharif (1979), Elly Akira (1986), Reema bint Bandar Al Saud (1975), Raif Badawi (1984), and Khalil Al Ghamdi (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Saudi Arabia

Among soccer players born in Saudi Arabia, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 8. Before him are Saeed Al-Owairan (1967), Sami Al-Jaber (1972), Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972), Salem Al-Dawsari (1991), Salman Al-Faraj (1989), and Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982). After him are Ali Al-Bulaihi (1989), Omar Abdulrahman (1991), Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992), Abdullah Al-Mayouf (1987), Fahad Al-Bishi (1965), and Mohammed Noor (1978).

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