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Claude Makélélé

1973 - Today

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Claude Makélélé Sinda (born 18 February 1973) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, Makélélé has been credited with redefining the defensive midfield role in English football, especially during the 2004–05 FA Premier League season, where he played a key role in helping Chelsea win the title with 95 points. In homage, the defensive midfield position is sometimes colloquially known as the "Makélélé Role".In his playing career, which ended at Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé also played for Nantes, Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid and Chelsea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Makélélé has received more than 3,064,223 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Claude Makélélé is the 739th most popular soccer player (up from 892nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Soccer Player.

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  • 53

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  • 6.18

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  • 3.90

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Claude Makélélé ranks 739 out of 16,880Before him are Giuseppe Bergomi, Mordechai Spiegler, Trifon Ivanov, Takehiko Kawanishi, Ottmar Walter, and Ivan Rakitić. After him are Jorginho, Edmundo Suárez, Slava Metreveli, Marc Wilmots, Julio Morales, and Hervé Renard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Claude Makélélé ranks 45Before him are Xavier Bettel, Jay-Jay Okocha, Haile Gebrselassie, Rüştü Reçber, Patrick Wilson, and Giancarlo Fisichella. After him are Ceca, Mos Def, Pauleta, Stephenie Meyer, Guillaume Canet, and Federica Mogherini.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claude Makélélé ranks 11 out of 84Before him are Denis Mukwege (1955), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Simon Kimbangu (1887), Antoine Gizenga (1925), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), and Ota Benga (1883). After him are Joseph Kabila (1971), Papa Wemba (1949), Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939), Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Dikembe Mutombo (1966), and Franco Luambo (1938).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among soccer players born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claude Makélélé ranks 1After him are Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Steve Mandanda (1985), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), José Bosingwa (1982), Mbo Mpenza (1976), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Bwanga Tshimen (1949), Blaise Nkufo (1975), Christian Benteke (1990), Dieumerci Mbokani (1985), and Kiki Musampa (1977).

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