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Gregory van der Wiel

1988 - Today

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Gregory Kurtley van der Wiel (born 3 February 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Born in Amsterdam, Van der Wiel is a product of the AFC Ajax youth system. In 2010, he was awarded the Johan Cruyff Award for "Young Player of the Year" in the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory van der Wiel has received more than 1,473,818 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory van der Wiel is the 2,827th most popular soccer player (down from 2,276th in 2019), the 732nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 608th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 47

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  • 7.34

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  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gregory van der Wiel ranks 2,827 out of 16,880Before him are Laurent Koscielny, Bernd Patzke, Lucas Barrios, José Luis Mendilibar, Ángel Arocha, and Steven Nzonzi. After him are Velimir Zajec, Bernd Nickel, Peter Platzer, Daniel Agger, Miguel Murillo, and Papu Gómez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Gregory van der Wiel ranks 72Before him are Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Jung Hae-in, Islam Slimani, Princess Beatrice of York, Haley Joel Osment, and Steven Nzonzi. After him are Papu Gómez, ASAP Rocky, Josip Iličić, Simon Mignolet, Blanca Suárez, and Awkwafina.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gregory van der Wiel ranks 732 out of 1,427Before him are Kees van Ierssel (1945), Willem Bilderdijk (1756), Arie van Vliet (1916), Caro Emerald (1981), Hendrik Marsman (1899), and Jan Flinterman (1919). After him are Theo Heemskerk (1852), J. Slauerhoff (1898), Ed de Goey (1966), Wim van der Voort (1923), Junkie XL (1967), and Afrojack (1987).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Gregory van der Wiel ranks 94Before him are Eddy Pieters Graafland (1934), Ernie Brandts (1956), Khalid Boulahrouz (1981), Nordin Amrabat (1987), Johan Boskamp (1948), and Kees van Ierssel (1945). After him are Ed de Goey (1966), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), Fred Rutten (1962), Bas Paauwe (1911), Pleun Strik (1944), and André Ooijer (1974).