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SOCCER PLAYER

Franky Van der Elst

1961 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franky Van der Elst ranks 1,083 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Franky Van der Elst ranks 115Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Franky Van der Elst ranks 404 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Franky Van der Elst ranks 16Before 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).