1947 - Today
Julien Cools (born 13 February 1947) is a Belgian former footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1977 while at Club Brugge. He was discovered as a junior at SK Retie Branddonk of Antwerp and made his name with Beringen FC. He was signed by FC Bruges in 1973 where his reputation for non-stop runner in the midfield made him an international regular. Cools helped FC Bruges to win the Belgian league titles in 1975–76, 76–77 and 77–78 plus the Belgian Cup in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julien Cools has received more than 33,948 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Julien Cools is the 3,540th most popular soccer player (down from 3,224th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 597th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Julien Cools ranks 3,540 out of 16,880. Before him are Laurent Grimmonprez, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, Fredi Bobic, Hugo de León, Alexandre Guimarães, and José Luis Artetxe. After him are Chieko Homma, Carlos Kameni, Rüdiger Abramczik, Kimiko Shiratori, Jimmy Armfield, and Daniel Sanchez.
1902 - 1984
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 3,534
1905 - 1965
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 3,535
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 3,536
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 3,537
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 3,538
1930 - 2016
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 3,539
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 3,540
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 3,541
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 3,542
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 3,543
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 3,544
1935 - 2018
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 3,545
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 3,546
Among people born in 1947, Julien Cools ranks 580. Before him are Maurice Martens, Robin Dunbar, Ernie Lively, Theodore Katsanevas, Shigeru Kasamatsu, and Carlos Mendes. After him are Wilton Daniel Gregory, Leonid Khabarov, Giuseppe Savoldi, Olivier Rolin, Cyrille Guimard, and Debra Mooney.
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 574
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 575
1947 - 2021
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 576
1947 - 2021
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 577
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 578
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 579
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 580
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 581
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 582
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 583
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 584
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 585
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 586
Among people born in Belgium, Julien Cools ranks 661 out of 1,019. Before him are Maurice Peeters (1882), Maurice Martens (1947), Lode Wouters (1929), Victor Willems (1877), Ann Christy (1945), and Laurent Grimmonprez (1902). After him are Jean Delarge (1906), Paul Van den Broeck (1904), Herman Teirlinck (1879), Stefan Everts (1972), Marc Millecamps (1950), and Alexandra Vandernoot (1965).
1882 - 1957
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 655
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 656
1929 - 2014
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 657
1877 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 658
1945 - 1984
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 659
1902 - 1984
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 660
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 661
1906 - 1977
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 662
1904 - 2000
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 663
1879 - 1967
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 664
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 665
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 666
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 667
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Julien Cools ranks 80. Before him are Michel Renquin (1955), André Saeys (1911), Émile Mpenza (1978), Alexis Chantraine (1901), Maurice Martens (1947), and Laurent Grimmonprez (1902). After him are Marc Millecamps (1950), Jordan Lukaku (1994), Jean Claessens (1908), Filip De Wilde (1964), Marc Degryse (1965), and Adnan Januzaj (1995).
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 74
1911 - 1988
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 75
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 76
1901 - 1987
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 77
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 78
1902 - 1984
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 79
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 80
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 81
1994 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 82
1908 - 1978
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 83
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 84
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 85
1995 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 86