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Eric Gerets

1954 - Today

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Eric Maria Gerets (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪk ˈxeːrəts], born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a right back. He started his playing career as an amateur for his local team AA Rekem, before achieving success with Standard Liège and PSV. Nicknamed "The Lion (of Flanders)", Gerets was regarded as one of the top right backs in Europe at his peak and is considered one of the greatest players in Belgian football history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Gerets has received more than 305,824 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Eric Gerets is the 63rd most popular coach (down from 62nd in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 176th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Coach.

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  • 60.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Eric Gerets ranks 63 out of 471. Before him are Safet Sušić, Ljupko Petrović, Jean Tigana, Morten Olsen, Bert van Marwijk, and César Rodríguez Álvarez. After him are Jorge Sampaoli, Matthias Sammer, Tito Vilanova, Lars Lagerbäck, Phil Jackson, and Alberto Zaccheroni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Eric Gerets ranks 43. Before him are Carlos Ghosn, Gianna Nannini, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Kathleen Turner, and Bernard Hinault. After him are Ron Howard, Rene Russo, Andrej Babiš, Prayut Chan-o-cha, Dennis Quaid, and Abdul Rashid Dostum.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eric Gerets ranks 153 out of 1,190. Before him are Michel Preud'homme (1959), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), Laura Marx (1845), Leo Baekeland (1863), Gudula (646), and Henri, Count of Paris (1933). After him are Silvio Gesell (1862), Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), Lara Fabian (1970), Toots Thielemans (1922), Blanche of Namur (1320), and The Singing Nun (1933).

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Among COACHES In Belgium

Among coaches born in Belgium, Eric Gerets ranks 1. After him are Raymond Goethals (1921), Georges Leekens (1949), Guy Thys (1922), Hugo Broos (1952), René Vandereycken (1953), Robert Waseige (1939), and Tom Saintfiet (1973).

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