1985 - Today
Lukas Josef Podolski (German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas poˈdɔlski]; born Łukasz Józef Podolski, Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ pɔˈdɔlskʲi], on 4 June 1985) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. He is known for his powerful and accurate left foot, explosive shooting, technique and probing attacks from the left side. Born in Gliwice, Poland, Podolski joined 1. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lukas Podolski has received more than 5,354,372 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Lukas Podolski is the 405th most popular soccer player (up from 498th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Poland (up from 372nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Lukas Podolski ranks 405 out of 16,880. Before him are Pedro Petrone, Shiro Misaki, Poul Nielsen, Émerson Leão, Ronnie Hellström, and Artur Jorge. After him are Steven Gerrard, Tofiq Bahramov, Kim Sung-gan, Yanosuke Watanabe, Youri Djorkaeff, and Ken Noritake.
1905 - 1964
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 399
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 400
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 401
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 402
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 403
1946 - 2024
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 404
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 405
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 406
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 407
1912 - 1984
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 408
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 409
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 410
1922 - 1994
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 411
Among people born in 1985, Lukas Podolski ranks 9. Before him are Luka Modrić, Gal Gadot, Michael Phelps, Keira Knightley, Wayne Rooney, and Léa Seydoux. After him are Song Joong-ki, Stromae, Lana Del Rey, Nico Rosberg, Amanda Seyfried, and Mario Gómez.
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
1985 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 4
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 5
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 10
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 12
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 13
1985 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 14
1985 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 15
Among people born in Poland, Lukas Podolski ranks 348 out of 1,454. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Barbara Brylska (1941), Arthur Greiser (1897), and Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702). After him are Martin Opitz (1597), Michał Kalecki (1899), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930), Roman Dmowski (1864), Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860), and Wilhelm Kube (1887).
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 342
1755 - 1829
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 343
1120 - 1173
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 344
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 345
1897 - 1946
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 346
1702 - 1735
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 347
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 348
1597 - 1639
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 349
1899 - 1970
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 350
1930 - 2017
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 351
1864 - 1939
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 352
1860 - 1917
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 353
1887 - 1943
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 354
Among soccer players born in Poland, Lukas Podolski ranks 9. Before him are Robert Lewandowski (1988), Grzegorz Lato (1950), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Sepp Piontek (1940), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), and Ernst Wilimowski (1916). After him are Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), Jerzy Dudek (1973), Wolfgang Weber (1944), Jan Tomaszewski (1948), and Wojciech Szczęsny (1990).
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 6
1947 - 1989
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 7
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 10
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 14
1990 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 15