SOCCER PLAYER

Léon Semmeling

1940 - 2024

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Léon Joseph Semmeling (4 January 1940 – 14 March 2024) was a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder for Standard Liège. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Semmeling has received more than 26,123 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Semmeling is the 2,214th most popular soccer player (down from 1,989th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 531st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Léon Semmeling ranks 2,214 out of 21,273Before him are Andrei Kanchelskis, Miroslav Brozović, Héctor Baley, Simon Kjær, Paul Cook, and Abderrahmane Mahjoub. After him are Arnold Badjou, Vladimír Weiss, Mario Bertini, Heinz Strehl, Krister Kristensson, and Heinz Hermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Léon Semmeling ranks 308Before him are Viktor Savinykh, Brigitte Hamann, Arthur Laffer, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Amjad Khan, and Claus Offe. After him are Vincenzo Cerami, Luke Kelly, Jorma Kaukonen, Chris Farlowe, Alberto Gallardo, and Godfrey Reggio. Among people deceased in 2024, Léon Semmeling ranks 254Before him are Daniela Hodrová, Olga Fikotová, Klaus Wunder, Neale Fraser, Rolf Wolfshohl, and Otis Davis. After him are Percy Adlon, Peter Sinfield, Michel Blanc, Breyten Breytenbach, Ruth Westheimer, and Elke Erb.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Léon Semmeling ranks 558 out of 1,190Before him are Jacky Munaron (1956), Joseph Pholien (1884), Willy Vandersteen (1913), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Gonzales Coques (1614), and André Vandewyer (1909). After him are Arnold Badjou (1909), Georges Eekhoud (1854), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Yannick Carrasco (1993), Henri Grégoire (1881), and Arthur Legat (1898).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Léon Semmeling ranks 42Before him are François Van der Elst (1954), Lorenzo Staelens (1964), Ludo Coeck (1955), Christian Piot (1947), Jacky Munaron (1956), and André Vandewyer (1909). After him are Arnold Badjou (1909), Yannick Carrasco (1993), Jan Vertonghen (1987), Jean Dockx (1941), Luc Nilis (1967), and Léopold Anoul (1922).