SOCCER PLAYER

Gert Verheyen

1970 - Today

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Gert Verheyen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛrt fərˈɦɛiə(n)]; also spelled Verheijen; born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager, who was last in charge of Oostende. In a 20-year professional career, he was mainly associated with Anderlecht and Club Brugge (especially the latter), scoring over 200 official goals for both clubs combined; he was known to have rather few technical skills, relying on a hard-working approach. Verheyen represented Belgium in two World Cups and one European Championship. His father Jan was also player and international for Belgium from 1965 till 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gert Verheyen has received more than 84,912 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gert Verheyen is the 6,856th most popular soccer player (down from 6,002nd in 2019), the 882nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 782nd in 2019) and the 139th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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  • 85k

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  • 47.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gert Verheyen ranks 6,856 out of 21,273. Before him are Ken Green, Dodi Lukebakio, Darío Rodríguez, Salva Ballesta, Ilian Stoyanov, and Atsuto Uchida. After him are Aziz Bouhaddouz, Mario Lemina, Ricardo Peláez, José Clayton, Odil Ahmedov, and Sergio Asenjo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Gert Verheyen ranks 493. Before him are Kim Taek-soo, Tim Sweeney, Carlos Moedas, Roger Cicero, Cláudia Abreu, and Freddy Loix. After him are Rupert Penry-Jones, Ricco Groß, Andy Bell, Nagaru Tanigawa, Andrus Kivirähk, and Tibor Selymes.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gert Verheyen ranks 882 out of 1,190. Before him are Nico Van Kerckhoven (1970), Thomas De Gendt (1986), Rudi Smidts (1963), Dany Verlinden (1963), Dodi Lukebakio (1997), and Freddy Loix (1970). After him are Angèle (1995), Laurent Ciman (1985), Patrick Ouchène (1966), Youri Mulder (1969), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (2001), and Steven Defour (1988).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Gert Verheyen ranks 139. Before him are Loïs Openda (2000), Charles De Ketelaere (2001), Nico Van Kerckhoven (1970), Rudi Smidts (1963), Dany Verlinden (1963), and Dodi Lukebakio (1997). After him are Laurent Ciman (1985), Youri Mulder (1969), Steven Defour (1988), Leo Van der Elst (1962), Jean-François Gillet (1979), and Éric Deflandre (1973).

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