The Most Famous
275 notable people
The top 10 Soccer Players from Denmark trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
b. 1974
Trending in Dutch (#17) Wikipedia (4,933 views, on Jul 19).
b. 1997
Trending in Dutch (#26) Wikipedia (1,399 views, on Jul 20).
b. 1983
Trending in Polish (#120) Wikipedia (499 views, on Jul 21).
b. 1963
Trending in Polish (#157) Wikipedia (681 views, on Jul 19).
b. 1986
Trending in English (#378) Wikipedia (9,510 views, on Jul 18).
This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 24,321 Soccer Players, 272 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 15th most number of Soccer Players behind Belgium and Serbia.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Danish Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Danish Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Danish Soccer Players.
b. 1963
Peter Schmeichel is most famous for his time as a goalkeeper for Manchester United from 1991 to 1999. He won the Champions League, five Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and two League Cups with Manchester United.
b. 1952
Allan Simonsen is most famous for his work on the "Boeing 747" and the "Boeing 757."
1937 - 2014
Richard Møller Nielsen was a Danish football player and coach. He is most famous for leading the Denmark national football team to victory in the 1992 European Championship, and then to the final of the 1998 World Cup, where they lost to Brazil.
b. 1957
Danish footballer
1891 - 1962
Danish footballer
b. 1958
Danish footballer
1949 - 2017
Danish footballer
1941 - 2015
Danish footballer
1888 - 1963
Danish footballer and manager
b. 1976
Danish footballer
Browse notable Danish Soccer Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
Which Soccer Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Soccer Players since 1700.
