1978 - Today
Daniel Van Buyten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdaːnijɛl vɑm ˈbœytə(n)]; born 7 February 1978) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a centre back. Nicknamed "Big Dan", Van Buyten was known for his uncompromising style of play, exploiting both his physical strength and aerial ability. Beginning at Charleroi as a striker, Van Buyten's career took off when he converted to a centre back, playing for a series of top flight clubs, including Marseille, Manchester City, Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Van Buyten has received more than 602,903 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Daniel Van Buyten is the 1,479th most popular soccer player (down from 1,345th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 429th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Daniel Van Buyten ranks 1,479 out of 16,880. Before him are Roberto Firmino, Jesús Navas, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Christophe Galtier, Gerrie Mühren, and Eduard Markarov. After him are Gustavo Peña, Shojiro Sugimura, Diego Lugano, Vladica Popović, Luis Miró, and Alfred Körner.
1991 - Present
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 1,473
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1,474
1957 - 2012
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1,475
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1,476
1946 - 2013
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1,477
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 1,478
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 1,479
1942 - 2021
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 1,480
1905 - 1975
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 1,481
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 1,482
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 1,483
1913 - 1991
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 1,484
1926 - 2020
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 1,485
Among people born in 1978, Daniel Van Buyten ranks 54. Before him are Anthony Mackie, Danai Gurira, Laetitia Casta, Gabriel Heinze, Yiruma, and Tyrese Gibson. After him are Jim Sturgess, Ayumi Hamasaki, Stana Katic, Andy Samberg, Selma Ergeç, and Lauren Ridloff.
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 48
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 49
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 50
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 51
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 52
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 53
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 54
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 55
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 56
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 57
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 58
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 59
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 60
Among people born in Belgium, Daniel Van Buyten ranks 466 out of 1,019. Before him are Robert Waseige (1939), Jean Aerts (1907), Adrien-François Servais (1807), Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), and Philippe van Lansberge (1561). After him are Henri Pousseur (1929), Jan Fabre (1958), René Vandereycken (1953), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Arnold Badjou (1909), and Marcel Kint (1914).
1939 - 2019
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 460
1907 - 1992
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 461
1807 - 1866
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 462
1889 - 1964
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 463
1866 - 1962
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 464
1561 - 1632
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 465
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 466
1929 - 2009
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 467
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 468
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 469
1858 - 1937
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 470
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 471
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 472
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Daniel Van Buyten ranks 25. Before him are Louis Van Hege (1889), Joseph Mermans (1922), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Axel Witsel (1989), Dries Mertens (1987), and Vincent Kompany (1986). After him are Arnold Badjou (1909), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Thomas Vermaelen (1985), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Jacques Moeschal (1900), and Jan Vertonghen (1987).
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 19
1922 - 1996
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 20
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 21
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 22
1987 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 23
1986 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 24
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 25
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 26
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 27
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 28
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 29
1900 - 1956
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 30
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 31