1972 - Today
Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation: [liljɑ̃ tyʁam]; born 1 January 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. A quick, powerful and versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back or as a right-back, and was competent both offensively and defensively. He began playing football professionally in his homeland with Monaco and played in the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, with notable stints in Serie A with both Parma and Juventus before finishing his career with Barcelona. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lilian Thuram has received more than 3,496,450 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Lilian Thuram is the 273rd most popular soccer player (down from 270th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Guadeloupe (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Guadeloupian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Lilian Thuram ranks 273 out of 16,880. Before him are Amancio Amaro, Jupp Derwall, Ali Daei, Nobuyuki Kato, Yoshio Okada, and Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório. After him are Megumu Tamura, Xabi Alonso, Kylian Mbappé, Hisataka Okamoto, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, and Lorenzo Buffon.
1939 - 2023
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 267
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 268
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 269
1920 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 270
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 271
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 272
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 273
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 274
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 275
1998 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 276
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 277
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 278
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 279
Among people born in 1972, Lilian Thuram ranks 24. Before him are Maia Sandu, Lisa Ann, Rui Costa, Najwa Nimri, Pedro Sánchez, and Rubens Barrichello. After him are Idris Elba, Queen Letizia of Spain, Naftali Bennett, Tarkan, Busta Rhymes, and Jos Verstappen.
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 19
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 20
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 21
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 22
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 23
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 24
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 26
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 27
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 28
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 29
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 30
Among people born in Guadeloupe, Lilian Thuram ranks 4 out of 29. Before him are Saint-John Perse (1887), Maryse Condé (1937), and Marius Trésor (1950). After him are Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745), Jacques François Dugommier (1738), Jocelyn Angloma (1965), Teddy Riner (1989), Marie-José Pérec (1968), Thomas Lemar (1995), Didier Dinart (1977), and Christine Arron (1973).
1887 - 1975
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 2
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 4
1745 - 1799
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 5
1738 - 1794
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 6
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 9
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 10
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 12
Among soccer players born in Guadeloupe, Lilian Thuram ranks 2. Before him are Marius Trésor (1950). After him are Jocelyn Angloma (1965), Thomas Lemar (1995), Pascal Chimbonda (1979), Claudio Beauvue (1988), Wylan Cyprien (1995), Ronald Zubar (1985), and Marcus Coco (1996).
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 4
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.17
Rank: 6
1995 - Present
HPI: 28.19
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 26.27
Rank: 8
1996 - Present
HPI: 22.58
Rank: 9