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Dries Mertens

1987 - Today

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Dries Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdris ˈmɛrtəns]; born 6 May 1987), nicknamed "Ciro", is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Belgium national team. As a youth, Mertens played for Stade Leuven, Anderlecht and Gent, and made his debut on loan to Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian Third Division. In 2006, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn, where he spent three years before a €600,000 move to Utrecht of the Eredivisie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dries Mertens has received more than 3,525,746 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Dries Mertens is the 1,348th most popular soccer player (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 394th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dries Mertens ranks 1,348 out of 16,880. Before him are Martin Dahlin, Umberto Caligaris, Roque Santa Cruz, Juan Mata, Teodoro Fernández, and Ulf Kirsten. After him are Sandro Salvadore, Hannes Löhr, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Bigode, Hristo Bonev, and Mitsuo Watanabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Dries Mertens ranks 31. Before him are Jamie Vardy, Leonardo Bonucci, Pedro, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Mikkel Hansen, and Dimitri Payet. After him are Sergio Romero, Liu Yifei, Blaise Matuidi, Oleksandr Usyk, Hatem Ben Arfa, and Marouane Fellaini.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Dries Mertens ranks 448 out of 1,019. Before him are Axel Witsel (1989), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Solange Berry (1932), Constant Permeke (1886), Hieronymus Cock (1518), and Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626). After him are William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020), Jan Decleir (1946), Adam van Noort (1562), Vincent Kompany (1986), Kate Ryan (1980), and Peter Benoit (1834).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Dries Mertens ranks 23. Before him are Radja Nainggolan (1988), Raymond Braine (1907), Louis Van Hege (1889), Joseph Mermans (1922), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), and Axel Witsel (1989). After him are Vincent Kompany (1986), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Arnold Badjou (1909), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Thomas Vermaelen (1985), and Marouane Fellaini (1987).

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