SOCCER PLAYER

Yuri Zhirkov

1983 - Today

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Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (Russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ʐɨrˈkof]; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back and as a left-winger. A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zhirkov began his career at local club Spartak Tambov before joining top-flight CSKA Moscow in 2004. Domestic and European success followed, and in 2009 he moved to English Premier League club Chelsea for £18 million. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuri Zhirkov has received more than 1,002,890 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Zhirkov is the 4,380th most popular soccer player (down from 3,868th in 2019), the 2,223rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,033rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular Russian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 4,380 out of 21,273. Before him are Stephen Laybutt, Mohammed El Filali, Federico Bernardeschi, Olle Håkansson, Mohamed Sissoko, and Börje Tapper. After him are Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Joe Gaetjens, Peter McParland, Naoji Ito, Jorge Valderrama, and Hany Ramzy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 110. Before him are Diego Benaglio, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vladimir Stojković, Eiji Kawashima, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., and Fernando Verdasco. After him are Sergio García, Myriam Fares, José Fonte, Arsenie Todiraș, Hillary Scott, and Alfonso Herrera.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 2,223 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexey Ulyukaev (1956), Aleksandr Petrov (1957), Valentina Prudskova (1938), Andrei Kirilenko (1981), Lyudmila Pinayeva (1936), and Airat Ichmouratov (1973). After him are Anvar Ibragimov (1965), Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), Boris Melnikov (1938), Boris Shchukin (1894), Yelena Baturina (1963), and Svetlana Kuznetsova (1985).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 56. Before him are Aleksei Paramonov (1925), German Apukhtin (1936), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (1982), Alexey Korneyev (1939), Aleksei Mamykin (1936), and Vagiz Khidiyatullin (1959). After him are Vladimir Fedotov (1943), Georgi Yartsev (1948), Sergei Ignashevich (1979), Aleksandr Ivanov (1928), Gennady Yevryuzhikhin (1944), and Boris Razinsky (1933).

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