1954 - Today
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 294,244 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eric Gerets is the 62nd most popular coach (up from 68th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 199th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Coach.
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Among coaches, Eric Gerets ranks 62 out of 328. Before him are Cesare Prandelli, Vicente Feola, Jean-Pierre Papin, Massimiliano Allegri, Roy Hodgson, and Enzo Bearzot. After him are Morten Olsen, Raymond Goethals, Jean Tigana, Unai Emery, Roger Lemerre, and Safet Sušić.
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 56
1909 - 1975
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 57
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 58
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 60
1927 - 2010
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 61
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 62
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 63
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 64
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 65
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 66
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 67
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1954, Eric Gerets ranks 59. Before him are Velupillai Prabhakaran, Jane Campion, Kathleen Turner, Johnny Logan, Ross Brawn, and Michael Dudikoff. After him are Bernard Hinault, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mordechai Vanunu, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Ilan Ramon, and Lee Child.
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 53
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 55
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 56
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 57
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 58
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 59
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 60
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 61
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 62
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 63
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 64
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 65
Among people born in Belgium, Eric Gerets ranks 176 out of 1,019. Before him are Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Georges Rodenbach (1855), and Catharina van Hemessen (1528). After him are Jan Matsys (1509), Godfried Danneels (1933), Constantin Meunier (1831), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Clara Peeters (1594), and Raymond Goethals (1921).
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 170
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 171
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 172
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 173
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 174
1528 - 1600
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 175
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 176
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 177
1933 - 2019
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 178
1831 - 1905
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 179
1422 - 1472
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 180
1594 - 1657
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 181
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 182
Among coaches born in Belgium, Eric Gerets ranks 1. After him are Raymond Goethals (1921), Georges Leekens (1949), Guy Thys (1922), Robert Waseige (1939), René Vandereycken (1953), and Hugo Broos (1952).
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 1
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 2
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 3
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 4
1939 - 2019
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 7