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wikidata_id stringlengths 5 10	name stringlengths 8 28	birth_date stringdate 1980-01-14 00:00:00 2006-12-29 00:00:00	birth_year int64 1.98k 2.01k	birth_department stringclasses 7 values	nationalities listlengths 0 4	is_dual_national bool 2 classes	diaspora_region stringclasses 7 values	diaspora_countries listlengths 0 3	birth_city stringclasses 143 values
Q920749	Fabrice Pancrate	1980-05-02	1,980	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q27800	Fousséni Diawara	1980-08-28	1,980	75	[ "France", "Mali" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q120156	Abdoulaye Meïté	1980-10-06	1,980	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q3498943	Steve Haguy	1981-04-24	1,981	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q3326229	Moussa Sidibé	1981-08-22	1,981	75	[ "France", "Mali" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali" ]	16e arrondissement de Paris
Q724024	Selim Benachour	1981-09-08	1,981	75	[ "France", "Tunisie" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Tunisie" ]	11ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q2300083	Kemal Bourhani	1981-09-13	1,981	75	[ "France", "Comores" ]	true	Comoros	[ "Comores" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q2900767	Biagui Kamissoko	1983-02-09	1,983	75	[ "France", "Mali" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali" ]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q7630047	Stéphane Robinet	1983-05-02	1,983	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q1607487	Jean-Michel Badiane	1983-05-09	1,983	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	9e arrondissement de Paris
Q1989382	Steeve Joseph-Reinette	1983-12-02	1,983	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q722506	Sylvain Idangar	1984-03-08	1,984	75	[ "France", "Tchad" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Tchad" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q3074108	Florent Marty	1984-03-15	1,984	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q3155676	Issa Cissokho	1985-02-23	1,985	75	[ "France", "Sénégal" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Sénégal" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q485196	Lassana Diarra	1985-03-10	1,985	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q1343966	Guillaume Rippert	1985-04-30	1,985	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q1943	Abou Diaby	1986-05-11	1,986	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q318539	Sébastien Bassong	1986-07-09	1,986	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q39754	Ismaël Traoré	1986-08-18	1,986	75	[ "France", "Mali", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	15e arrondissement de Paris
Q3009858	Cédric Avinel	1986-09-11	1,986	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q2821360	Ablaï Baldé	1986-11-30	1,986	75	[ "France", "Sénégal" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Sénégal" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q4784391	Arassen Ragaven	1987-04-08	1,987	75	[ "France", "Maurice" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Maurice" ]	17e arrondissement de Paris
Q2199171	Matthieu Bemba	1988-03-04	1,988	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q3568982	William Sery	1988-03-20	1,988	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q119849808	Lionel Nomer	1988-07-28	1,988	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q6201193	Jimmy Roye	1988-09-08	1,988	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q3201148	Kévin Bru	1988-12-12	1,988	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q712862	Distel Zola	1989-02-05	1,989	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q27735186	Kévin Fortuné	1989-08-06	1,989	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	17e arrondissement de Paris
Q312183	Mamadou Sakho	1990-02-13	1,990	75	[ "France", "Sénégal" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Sénégal" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q55955974	Mickaël Diakota	1990-10-06	1,990	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	11ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q28000334	Salim Mahsas	1991-06-18	1,991	75	[ "Algérie" ]	false	Maghreb	[ "Algérie" ]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q107122118	Carnejy Antoine	1991-07-27	1,991	75	[ "France", "Haïti" ]	true	Caribbean/Overseas	[ "Haïti" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q17579871	Yacine Bammou	1991-09-11	1,991	75	[ "France", "Maroc" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Maroc" ]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q21622080	Ahmed Mogni	1991-10-10	1,991	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	4e arrondissement de Paris
Q5527922	Gauthier Mahoto	1992-02-21	1,992	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q5257381	Denis Mayele	1992-06-16	1,992	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q7917443	Vauvenargues Kehi	1992-08-07	1,992	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q27969220	Barkley Miguel Panzo	1992-09-09	1,992	75	[ "France", "Angola" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Angola" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q18002292	Karl Toko-Ekambi	1992-09-14	1,992	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q16235361	Mehdi Fennouche	1993-02-20	1,993	75	[ "France", "Algérie" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Algérie" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q988596	El-Hadji Ba	1993-03-05	1,993	75	[ "France", "Mauritanie" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mauritanie" ]	15e arrondissement de Paris
Q18637185	Sofiane Boufal	1993-09-17	1,993	75	[ "France", "Maroc" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Maroc" ]	17e arrondissement de Paris
Q33102870	Jean-Claude Billong	1993-12-28	1,993	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q21622250	Mayingila Nzuzi Mata	1994-05-17	1,994	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q27861558	Amadou Diallo	1994-06-21	1,994	75	[ "Guinée" ]	false	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Guinée" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q64732678	Philippe Nsiah	1994-10-24	1,994	75	[ "Ghana", "France" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Ghana" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q17580135	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	1995-04-27	1,995	75	[ "France", "Tunisie" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Tunisie" ]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q26838700	Issam Ben Khemis	1996-01-10	1,996	75	[ "France", "Tunisie" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Tunisie" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q24006154	Yakou Meïté	1996-02-11	1,996	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	11ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q26405575	Ibrahim Cissé	1996-05-02	1,996	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q58974417	Sammy Vidal	1996-06-28	1,996	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	15e arrondissement de Paris
Q107641815	Johan Rotsen	1996-08-11	1,996	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q37453754	Samuel Moutoussamy	1996-08-12	1,996	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q21623356	Arthur Yamga	1996-09-07	1,996	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q54627556	Bryan Labissiere	1997-02-11	1,997	75	[ "France", "Haïti" ]	true	Caribbean/Overseas	[ "Haïti" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q29578208	Tristan Muyumba	1997-03-07	1,997	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q29578212	Safwan Mbaé	1997-04-20	1,997	75	[ "France", "Comores" ]	true	Comoros	[ "Comores" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q56043527	Yoann Etienne	1997-05-19	1,997	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q66810053	Thomas Secchi	1997-06-01	1,997	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q58494592	Moussa Soumaré	1997-09-06	1,997	75	[]	false	null	[]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q111522310	Guy2bezbar	1997-12-03	1,997	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q29046793	Axel Bakayoko	1998-01-06	1,998	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q67777216	Yann Kitala	1998-04-09	1,998	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q122264446	Teddy Okou	1998-05-15	1,998	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q27049316	Arnaud Nordin	1998-06-17	1,998	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q65031015	Boubacar Fofana	1998-09-07	1,998	75	[ "France", "Mali" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali" ]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q47170176	Jules Koundé	1998-11-12	1,998	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q123410299	Kylian Mbappé	1998-12-20	1,998	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q104431746	Mustapha Sangaré	1998-12-24	1,998	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q44007565	Ervin Taha	1999-03-14	1,999	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q60736630	Sanasi Sy	1999-04-04	1,999	75	[ "France", "Mali" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali" ]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q98198176	Mouhamadou Drammeh	1999-05-15	1,999	75	[ "France", "Gambie", "Sénégal" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Gambie", "Sénégal" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q30301454	Ibrahima Konaté	1999-05-25	1,999	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q56016033	Antoine Bernède	1999-05-26	1,999	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q51855361	Moussa Diaby	1999-07-07	1,999	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q28971436	Evan Ndicka	1999-08-20	1,999	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire", "Cameroun" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q63228584	Brahima Doukansy	1999-08-21	1,999	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q115649533	Setigui Karamoko	1999-10-10	1,999	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q118219932	Calvin Tshilumba	1999-12-03	1,999	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	11ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q63170716	Till Cissokho	2000-02-08	2,000	75	[ "France", "Sénégal" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Sénégal" ]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q110698082	Randy Mavinga	2000-05-01	2,000	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q42000915	Stefano Caille	2000-05-18	2,000	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q66262368	Yannick Padilla	2000-06-18	2,000	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q110971659	Amine Salama	2000-07-18	2,000	75	[ "France", "Maroc" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Maroc" ]	15e arrondissement de Paris
Q98562345	Saïd Arab	2000-07-23	2,000	75	[ "France", "Algérie" ]	true	Maghreb	[ "Algérie" ]	9e arrondissement de Paris
Q45940576	Lenny Pintor	2000-08-05	2,000	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	15e arrondissement de Paris
Q52730245	Enzo Loiodice	2000-11-27	2,000	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	12e arrondissement de Paris
Q60050103	Lévi Ntumba	2001-01-12	2,001	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q99398043	Bandiougou Fadiga	2001-01-15	2,001	75	[ "France", "Mali" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Mali" ]	13e arrondissement de Paris
Q60050196	Mathieu Gonçalves	2001-06-08	2,001	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	17e arrondissement de Paris
Q104152203	Wilfried Bedfian	2001-07-09	2,001	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q62963540	Albert Lottin	2001-08-29	2,001	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q105484986	Christopher Wooh	2001-09-18	2,001	75	[ "France", "Cameroun" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Cameroun" ]	17e arrondissement de Paris
Q108228024	Hady Camara	2002-01-17	2,002	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	18e arrondissement de Paris
Q106532163	Hermann Tebily	2002-01-24	2,002	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris
Q110969538	Jean-Pierre Tiéhi	2002-01-24	2,002	75	[ "France", "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "Côte d'Ivoire" ]	14e arrondissement de Paris
Q99511687	Abdoulaye Sidibé	2002-02-09	2,002	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	20e arrondissement de Paris
Q106962957	Mathys Saban	2002-05-15	2,002	75	[ "France" ]	false	null	[]	19e arrondissement de Paris
Q105484205	Germain Kapela	2002-05-19	2,002	75	[ "France", "République démocratique du Congo" ]	true	Sub-Saharan Africa	[ "République démocratique du Congo" ]	10ᵉ arrondissement de Paris

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Île-de-France Professional Footballers Dataset

A dataset of professional football players born in the Île-de-France region (Greater Paris) between 1980 and 2006.

Dataset Description

This dataset explores the relationship between the Île-de-France region's demographic composition and its exceptional football talent production. The region is widely considered one of the world's largest pools of professional football talent.

Key Statistics

713 professional footballers
37.9% are dual nationals
40.5% have African diaspora background

Diaspora Breakdown

Region	Players	% of Total
Sub-Saharan Africa	192	26.9%
Maghreb	64	9.0%
Portugal	10	1.4%
Caribbean/Overseas	8	1.1%
Other Europe	7	1.0%

Top Origin Countries (besides France)

DR Congo: 41
Mali: 39
Senegal: 29
Algeria: 28
Ivory Coast: 25

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

Field	Type	Description
`wikidata_id`	string	Wikidata entity ID (e.g., Q12345)
`name`	string	Player's name
`birth_date`	string	Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD)
`birth_year`	int	Year of birth
`birth_city`	string	City of birth
`birth_department`	string	French département code (75, 92, 93, etc.)
`nationalities`	list	List of nationalities
`is_dual_national`	bool	Whether player has multiple nationalities
`diaspora_region`	string	Diaspora region (Sub-Saharan Africa, Maghreb, etc.)
`diaspora_countries`	list	Specific diaspora countries

Data Files

idf_footballers.csv - CSV format
idf_footballers.parquet - Parquet format (recommended)
idf_footballers.jsonl - JSON Lines format

Limitations

⚠️ Important limitations to consider:

Missing data: Seine-Saint-Denis (93) and Val-d'Oise (95) départements have 0 entries due to Wikidata rate limiting during collection. These are among the most productive départements for football talent.
Selection bias: Only players with Wikidata entries are included. Lesser-known professional players may be missing.
Birthplace ≠ Training location: A player born in a location may have been raised or trained elsewhere.
Diaspora identification: Based on nationality data, which may not capture all players with diaspora backgrounds.

Data Sources

Wikidata: Primary source for biographical data
Collection date: 2024-12-24

Use Cases

Analysis of regional football talent production
Study of migration patterns and sports
Demographic research
Sports sociology research

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{idf_footballers_2024,
  title={Île-de-France Professional Footballers Dataset},
  author={Diaby, Lamine},
  year={2024},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/ldiaby/idf-footballers}
}