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Dimitri Payet

1987 - Today

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Dimitri Payet (French pronunciation: [dimitʁi pajɛt]; born 29 March 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama. A set-piece specialist known for his accurate, bending free kicks, he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and dribbling skills".Payet was born on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, where he began his career playing for local clubs Saint-Philippe and Saint-Pierroise. In 1999, he moved to metropolitan France, joining Le Havre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dimitri Payet has received more than 6,227,003 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Dimitri Payet is the 1,317th most popular soccer player (up from 2,116th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Réunion (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Soccer Player.

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  • 50.06

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  • 58

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  • 6.14

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  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dimitri Payet ranks 1,317 out of 16,880Before him are Štefan Čambal, Juan Evaristo, Theodoros Zagorakis, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Bernard Lacombe, and Mario Corso. After him are Herminio Masantonio, Nikolai Manoshin, Roger Courtois, Tommy Lawrence, Nobby Stiles, and Martin Braithwaite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Dimitri Payet ranks 30Before him are Andy Murray, Jamie Vardy, Leonardo Bonucci, Pedro, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Mikkel Hansen. After him are Dries Mertens, Sergio Romero, Liu Yifei, Blaise Matuidi, Oleksandr Usyk, and Hatem Ben Arfa.

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In Réunion

Among people born in Réunion, Dimitri Payet ranks 7 out of 16Before him are Roland Garros (1888), Michel Houellebecq (1956), Leconte de Lisle (1818), Ambroise Vollard (1866), Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796), and Raymond Barre (1924). After him are Évariste de Parny (1753), Edmond Albius (1829), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), Guillaume Hoarau (1984), and Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Réunion

Among soccer players born in Réunion, Dimitri Payet ranks 1After him are Guillaume Hoarau (1984), Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984), Laurent Robert (1975), Ronny Rodelin (1989), and Zacharie Boucher (1992).

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