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Joseph Mermans

1922 - 1996

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Josephus Antoon Louisa "Jef" Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), nicknamed "The Bomber", was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won seven Belgian Championship titles and finished top scorer of this competition three times. He played 405 games and scored 369 goals for Anderlecht, making him the club's all time topscorer. Mermans played 56 matches with the Belgium national football team, 2 of which were in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Mermans has received more than 51,280 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Mermans is the 1,216th most popular soccer player (up from 1,503rd in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 456th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joseph Mermans ranks 1,216 out of 16,880. Before him are Pak Seung-zin, Ademir da Guia, Renato Portaluppi, Carmelo Simeone, Rafael Albrecht, and Aleksandr Lenyov. After him are Roy Makaay, Lakhdar Belloumi, Rodolfo Orlandini, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Paulo Cézar Caju, and Ángel Melogno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Joseph Mermans ranks 215. Before him are Steven Hill, Esther Brand, Joanne Dru, Martin Gray, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, and Burt Kennedy. After him are Jock Stein, Luiz Bonfá, Hilarion Capucci, Võ Văn Kiệt, Bob Martin, and Farrokhroo Parsa. Among people deceased in 1996, Joseph Mermans ranks 146. Before him are Eva Cassidy, Dorothy Lamour, Henri Nouwen, Aruna Asaf Ali, Tamara Toumanova, and Lew Ayres. After him are Tarō Okamoto, José Manuel Fuente, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Zulfiya, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Joseph Mermans ranks 427 out of 1,019. Before him are Gustaaf Deloor (1913), Louis Van Hege (1889), Dirk Frimout (1941), Gaston Eyskens (1905), Paul Anspach (1882), and Jozef De Kesel (1947). After him are Matthias Schoenaerts (1977), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Jean Servais (1910), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Katherine Swynford (1350), and Herman Van Springel (1943).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Joseph Mermans ranks 20. Before him are Franky Vercauteren (1956), Raoul Lambert (1944), Franky Van der Elst (1961), Radja Nainggolan (1988), Raymond Braine (1907), and Louis Van Hege (1889). After him are Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Axel Witsel (1989), Dries Mertens (1987), Vincent Kompany (1986), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), and Arnold Badjou (1909).

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