SOCCER PLAYER

François Van der Elst

1954 - 2017

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François Van der Elst (1 December 1954 – 11 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer, who played as a winger. He is mainly known for winning several national and European trophies while at R.S.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Van der Elst has received more than 104,557 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. François Van der Elst is the 2,065th most popular soccer player (down from 1,756th in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 506th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, François Van der Elst ranks 2,065 out of 21,273. Before him are René Llense, László Sárosi, Oleksandr Zavarov, Abel Braga, Fernandinho, and Atsuyoshi Furuta. After him are Frenkie de Jong, Lorenzo Staelens, Pedro Parages, Sidney Govou, Carlos Alberto Silva, and Alan Ball Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, François Van der Elst ranks 242. Before him are Bouasone Bouphavanh, Wolfgang Dremmler, Ivo Van Damme, Eric Johnson, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, and Mark Tornillo. After him are Ingrid Daubechies, Catherine Bach, Wolfgang Becker, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Louise Erdrich, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Among people deceased in 2017, François Van der Elst ranks 283. Before him are Hubert Dreyfus, András Kovács, Shunichiro Okano, Teresa Ann Savoy, Ulli Lommel, and Brad Harris. After him are Carlos Alberto Silva, Oleg Vidov, Yaakov Neeman, Geoff Nicholls, Ueli Steck, and Katalin Szőke.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François Van der Elst ranks 539 out of 1,190. Before him are Thomas Vermaelen (1985), Edouard Van Beneden (1846), Elias M. Stein (1931), Michel Pollentier (1951), Levina Teerlinc (1510), and Henry Carton de Wiart (1869). After him are Lorenzo Staelens (1964), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), Ludo Coeck (1955), Jacques d'Arthois (1613), and Edmond Leburton (1915).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, François Van der Elst ranks 36. Before him are Vincent Kompany (1986), Jacques Duquesne (1940), Walter Meeuws (1951), Ferdinand Adams (1903), Henri Coppens (1930), and Thomas Vermaelen (1985). After him are Lorenzo Staelens (1964), Ludo Coeck (1955), Christian Piot (1947), Jacky Munaron (1956), André Vandewyer (1909), and Léon Semmeling (1940).

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