1987 - Today
Gary Alexis Medel Soto (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡaɾi meˈðel]; born 3 August 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama and the Chile national team as a centre-back and a defensive midfielder. Medel has played club football with several teams in numerous countries, starting out with Chilean side Universidad Católica, and later playing for Argentine side Boca Juniors, Spanish side Sevilla, Premier League side Cardiff City, and Italian side Inter Milan, before moving to Beşiktaş in Turkey in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Medel has received more than 1,510,411 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Gary Medel is the 3,008th most popular soccer player (up from 3,463rd in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Chile (down from 125th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Chilean Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Gary Medel ranks 3,008 out of 16,880. Before him are Osvaldo Fattori, Dominique Colonna, Hans Jakob, Giovanni Lodetti, Nelson López, and Zoran Vulić. After him are Siem de Jong, Hélder Postiga, Paolo Barison, George Graham, Sulley Muntari, and Slaviša Žungul.
1922 - 2017
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,002
1928 - 2023
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,003
1908 - 1994
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,004
1942 - 2023
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,005
1941 - 1980
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,006
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,007
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,008
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,009
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,010
1936 - 1979
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,011
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,012
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,013
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,014
Among people born in 1987, Gary Medel ranks 83. Before him are Jang Keun-suk, Afrojack, Ed Westwick, Kesha, Seydou Doumbia, and Karen Gillan. After him are Moon Geun-young, Wiz Khalifa, Carolina Kostner, Ashley Greene, Mauro Zárate, and Kevin Gameiro.
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 77
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 78
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 79
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 80
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 81
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 82
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 83
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 84
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 85
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 86
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 87
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 88
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 89
Among people born in Chile, Gary Medel ranks 129 out of 265. Before him are Alfredo Duhalde (1898), Carlos Contreras (1938), Marlene Ahrens (1933), Roberto Cortés (1905), Ramón Tapia (1932), and Alejandro Aravena (1967). After him are Alfonso Lara (1946), Juan Aguilera (1903), Mauricio Isla (1988), Jerónimo Méndez (1887), Casimiro Torres (1906), and Leonor Varela (1972).
1898 - 1985
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 123
1938 - 2020
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 124
1933 - 2020
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 125
1905 - 1975
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 126
1932 - 1984
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 127
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 128
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 129
1946 - 2013
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 130
1903 - 1979
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 131
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 132
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 133
1906 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 134
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 135
Among soccer players born in Chile, Gary Medel ranks 36. Before him are Eberardo Villalobos (1908), Horacio Muñoz (1896), Arturo Coddou (1905), Eduardo Vargas (1989), Carlos Contreras (1938), and Roberto Cortés (1905). After him are Alfonso Lara (1946), Juan Aguilera (1903), Mauricio Isla (1988), Casimiro Torres (1906), Sergio Navarro (1936), and Carlos Reinoso (1945).
1908 - 1964
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 30
1896 - 1976
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 31
1905 - 1955
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 32
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 33
1938 - 2020
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 34
1905 - 1975
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 35
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 36
1946 - 2013
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 37
1903 - 1979
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 38
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 39
1906 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 41
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 42