SOCCER PLAYER

Gedion Zelalem

1997 - Today

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Gedion Zelalem (born January 26, 1997) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club New Mexico United. Born in Germany, he has represented the United States at youth level. After playing for various youth teams in Germany and the United States, Zelalem initially played with Arsenal's youth squads after joining the team in early 2013, and made his senior squad debut for Arsenal in an FA Cup match in January 2014. Internationally, Zelalem made appearances for Germany's under-15 team, under-16 team and under-17 team during 2012 and 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gedion Zelalem has received more than 1,362,406 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Gedion Zelalem is the 9,023rd most popular soccer player (down from 7,383rd in 2019), the 6,206th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,327th in 2019) and the 512th most popular German Soccer Player.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.75

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  • 1.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gedion Zelalem ranks 9,023 out of 21,273Before him are Julián Estiven Vélez, Fernando Baiano, Salif Diao, Talal El Karkouri, Estanislao Struway, and Alaixys Romao. After him are Mikael Nilsson, Emir Bajrami, Satoshi Ōtomo, Karol Linetty, Jorge Wagner, and Yassine Benzia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Gedion Zelalem ranks 175Before him are Luca Marini, Dominic Solanke, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Matteo Pessina, Yungblud, and Florian Neuhaus. After him are Ivanna Sakhno, Jérémie Boga, Vachirawit Chivaaree, Gino Mäder, Xaver Schlager, and Pablo Maffeo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gedion Zelalem ranks 6,206 out of 7,253Before him are Q'orianka Kilcher (1990), Roberto Hilbert (1984), Florian Neuhaus (1997), Tayfur Havutçu (1970), Maodo Lô (1992), and Stefan Schumacher (1981). After him are Ingo Steuer (1966), Michael Jung (1982), Franz Wagner (2001), Ulrich Kirchhoff (1967), Birgit Peter (1964), and Ogün Temizkanoğlu (1969).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Gedion Zelalem ranks 512Before him are Andreas Görlitz (1982), Ralf Falkenmayer (1963), Maximilian Philipp (1994), Roberto Hilbert (1984), Florian Neuhaus (1997), and Tayfur Havutçu (1970). After him are Ogün Temizkanoğlu (1969), Marvin Plattenhardt (1992), Timo Horn (1993), Marvin Compper (1985), Dieter Eckstein (1964), and Patrick Herrmann (1991).