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 104,890 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Franky Van der Elst is the 1,146th most popular soccer player (down from 883rd in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 329th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Franky Van der Elst ranks 1,146 out of 16,923. Before him are Sérgio Conceição, Štefan Čambal, John Terry, José Gonzalvo, Vladimir Durković, and Juan Carlos Lorenzo. After him are Bigode, István Nyers, Pietro Vierchowod, Jean Nicolas, Umberto Caligaris, and Bruno Metsu.
1974 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 1,140
1908 - 1990
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 1,141
1980 - Present
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 1,142
1920 - 1978
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 1,143
1939 - 1972
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 1,144
1922 - 2001
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 1,145
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 1,146
1922 - 2003
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 1,147
1924 - 2005
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 1,148
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 1,149
1913 - 1978
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 1,150
1901 - 1940
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 1,151
1954 - 2013
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 1,152
Among people born in 1961, Franky Van der Elst ranks 102. Before him are Eric Allin Cornell, Dylan McDermott, Virginia Madsen, Vasily Ignatenko, Jackie Earle Haley, and Leyla Zana. After him are James Rollins, Antonia San Juan, Toby Keith, Gabrielle Carteris, Greg LeMond, and Dragiša Binić.
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 96
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 97
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 98
1961 - 1986
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 99
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 100
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 101
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 102
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 103
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 104
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 105
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 106
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 107
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 108
Among people born in Belgium, Franky Van der Elst ranks 400 out of 899. Before him are Dries Mertens (1987), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Dirk Frimout (1941), Edmond Leburton (1915), Hubert Van Innis (1866), and Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830). After him are Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Gustaaf Deloor (1913), Constant Permeke (1886), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), and Joseph Jongen (1873).
1987 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 394
1584 - 1667
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 395
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 396
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 397
1866 - 1961
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 398
1830 - 1872
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 399
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 400
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 401
1913 - 2002
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 402
1886 - 1952
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 403
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 404
1924 - 1989
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 405
1873 - 1953
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 406
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Franky Van der Elst ranks 16. Before him are Louis Van Hege (1889), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Raymond Braine (1907), and Dries Mertens (1987). After him are Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Raoul Lambert (1944), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), and Joseph Mermans (1922).
1889 - 1975
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 10
1993 - Present
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 13
1907 - 1978
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 14
1987 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 15
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 16
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 17
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 18
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 19
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 20
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 21
1922 - 1996
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 22