1979 - Today
Eric Sylvain Abidal (French pronunciation: [eʁik abidal]; born 11 September 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left back or centre back. In his career, he played mainly for Lyon and Barcelona, winning 18 trophies with both teams combined, including two Champions League trophies with the latter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Abidal has received more than 503,810 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Eric Abidal is the 476th most popular soccer player (up from 477th in 2019), the 1,905th most popular biography from France (up from 1,966th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Eric Abidal ranks 476 out of 16,923. Before him are Patrick Vieira, Luis Carniglia, Willem van Hanegem, Mihály Lantos, Fernando Redondo, and Ottmar Walter. After him are Mordechai Spiegler, Harry Gregg, Gary Lineker, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Koji Sasaki, and Preben Elkjær.
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 470
1917 - 2001
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 471
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 472
1928 - 1989
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 473
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 474
1924 - 2013
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 475
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 476
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 477
1932 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 478
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 479
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 480
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 481
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 482
Among people born in 1979, Eric Abidal ranks 10. Before him are Anders Behring Breivik, Kimi Räikkönen, Diego Forlán, Chris Pratt, Markus Persson, and Travis Fimmel. After him are Diego Milito, Nicolas Anelka, Kourtney Kardashian, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Adam Levine, and Rosamund Pike.
1979 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 4
1979 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 5
1979 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 7
1979 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 8
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 9
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 10
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 11
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 12
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 13
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 14
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 15
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Eric Abidal ranks 1,905 out of 5,234. Before him are Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Jean Sorel (1934), Guy Mollet (1905), Louison Bobet (1925), Charles Cros (1842), and Jacques Cathelineau (1759). After him are Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), Constant Troyon (1810), Marcel Schwob (1867), Anne Parillaud (1960), and Gaston Planté (1834).
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,899
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 1,900
1905 - 1975
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 1,901
1925 - 1983
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 1,902
1842 - 1888
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 1,903
1759 - 1793
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 1,904
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,905
1793 - 1871
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,906
1644 - 1724
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,907
1810 - 1865
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,908
1867 - 1905
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,909
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,910
1834 - 1889
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 1,911
Among soccer players born in France, Eric Abidal ranks 21. Before him are David Trezeguet (1977), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Guy Roux (1938), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), and Henri Delaunay (1883). After him are Nicolas Anelka (1979), Alain Giresse (1952), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), and Henri Michel (1947).
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 15
1991 - Present
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 16
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 17
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 18
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 19
1883 - 1955
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 20
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 22
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 23
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 24
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 25
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 26
1947 - 2018
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 27