1961 - Today
Franky Van der Elst (born 30 April 1961) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He later worked as a manager. During a 21-year professional career he played mainly with Club Brugge, being regarded as a legend there and briefly coaching the team in the 2000s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franky Van der Elst has received more than 132,650 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Franky Van der Elst is the 1,083rd most popular soccer player (up from 1,145th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 400th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Franky Van der Elst ranks 1,083 out of 16,880. Before him are Tomomi Seo, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Ugo Locatelli, Moacir Claudino Pinto, Franco Causio, and Evaristo de Macedo. After him are Claudio Bravo, Antonio Cabrini, Fábio Coentrão, İlhan Mansız, David Alaba, and Ángel Bossio.
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 1,077
1919 - 2005
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 1,078
1916 - 1993
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 1,079
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 1,080
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 1,081
1933 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 1,082
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 1,083
1983 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 1,084
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 1,085
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 1,086
1975 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 1,087
1992 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 1,088
1905 - 1978
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 1,089
Among people born in 1961, Franky Van der Elst ranks 115. Before him are Toby Keith, James Rollins, Uhuru Kenyatta, David Graeber, Dana Reeve, and Vincent Gallo. After him are Vasily Ignatenko, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Etheridge, Tony Rominger, Joseph Kony, and Jean-Christophe Grangé.
1961 - 2024
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 109
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 110
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 111
1961 - 2020
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 112
1961 - 2006
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 113
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 114
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 115
1961 - 1986
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 116
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 117
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 118
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 119
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 120
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 121
Among people born in Belgium, Franky Van der Elst ranks 404 out of 1,019. Before him are Raoul Lambert (1944), Annie Cordy (1928), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Pierre Harmel (1911), and Léon Scieur (1888). After him are André Cluytens (1905), Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068), Radja Nainggolan (1988), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Joseph Lebeau (1794), and Joseph Poelaert (1817).
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 398
1928 - 2020
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 399
1584 - 1667
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 400
1580 - 1655
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 401
1911 - 2009
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 402
1888 - 1969
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 403
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 404
1905 - 1967
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 405
1068 - 1139
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 406
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 407
1578 - 1648
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 408
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 409
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 410
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Franky Van der Elst ranks 16. Before him are Enzo Scifo (1966), Marc Wilmots (1969), Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Bernard Voorhoof (1910), Franky Vercauteren (1956), and Raoul Lambert (1944). After him are Radja Nainggolan (1988), Raymond Braine (1907), Louis Van Hege (1889), Joseph Mermans (1922), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), and Axel Witsel (1989).
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 11
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 12
1910 - 1974
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 15
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 16
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 17
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 18
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 19
1922 - 1996
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 20
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 21
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 22