1969 - Today
Ali Daei (Persian: pronounced [ʔæliː dɑːjiː]; born 22 March 1969) is an Iranian football manager and former professional footballer. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006. He played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Daei has received more than 3,159,574 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ali Daei is the 270th most popular soccer player (up from 590th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Iran (up from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ali Daei ranks 270 out of 16,880. Before him are Ko Takamoro, Radomir Antić, Thomas Tuchel, Andoni Zubizarreta, Amancio Amaro, and Jupp Derwall. After him are Nobuyuki Kato, Yoshio Okada, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Lilian Thuram, Megumu Tamura, and Xabi Alonso.
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 264
1948 - 2020
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 265
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 266
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 267
1939 - 2023
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 268
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 269
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 270
1920 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 271
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 272
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 273
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 274
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 275
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 276
Among people born in 1969, Ali Daei ranks 32. Before him are Jack Black, Norman Reedus, Peter Dinklage, Tiësto, Matthew Perry, and PJ Harvey. After him are Jens Lehmann, Simon Baker, Darren Aronofsky, Julia Ann, Thomas Vinterberg, and Alexander McQueen.
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 26
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 27
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 28
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 29
1969 - 2023
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 30
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 31
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 32
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 33
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 34
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 35
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 36
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 37
1969 - 2010
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 38
Among people born in Iran, Ali Daei ranks 156 out of 528. Before him are Abu Nasr Mansur (960), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Orodes II (null), and Ashraf Pahlavi (1919). After him are Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), Vologases IV (150), and Tiridates I of Armenia (null).
960 - 1036
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 150
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 151
767 - 803
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 152
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 153
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 154
1919 - 2016
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 155
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 156
1236 - 1311
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 157
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 158
1903 - 1951
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 159
716 - 778
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 160
150 - 191
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 161
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 162
Among soccer players born in Iran, Ali Daei ranks 1. After him are Sardar Azmoun (1995), Ali Parvin (1946), Nasser Hejazi (1949), Andranik Eskandarian (1951), Afshin Ghotbi (1964), Ali Karimi (1978), Mehdi Mahdavikia (1977), Javad Nekounam (1980), Khodadad Azizi (1971), Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950), and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993).
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 1
1995 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 3
1949 - 2011
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 5
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 7
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 8
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 10
1950 - 2014
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 11
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 12