SOCCER PLAYER

Maarten Martens

1984 - Today

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Maarten Martens (born 2 July 1984) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder, either as an attacking midfielder or winger. He is the current head coach of the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar. Martens was known for his flair, dribbling and goalscoring ability as well as his precise passing and creativity. He previously played for Belgian clubs Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge, Dutch clubs RKC Waalwijk and AZ, as well as Greek club PAOK. At international level, he has represented the Belgium national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maarten Martens has received more than 140,379 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Maarten Martens is the 10,682nd most popular soccer player (down from 9,645th in 2019), the 1,015th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 913th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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  • 19

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  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Maarten Martens ranks 10,682 out of 21,273Before him are Patrick Kisnorbo, Renan Brito Soares, Ian Crook, Joel Obi, Frode Olsen, and Koki Machida. After him are Rodrigo Muñoz, Nobuyasu Ikeda, Kim Young-chul, Sylvain Gbohouo, Marcelo Trivisonno, and Lucas Lima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Maarten Martens ranks 619Before him are Stewart Downing, Rajeev Ram, María Julia Mantilla, Ben Askren, Sean Stone, and Natalia Lavrova. After him are Choi Yoon-so, Marcelo Mattos, Brad Guzan, Wilson Bethel, Alexis Norambuena, and Luke Rockhold.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maarten Martens ranks 1,015 out of 1,190Before him are Tom De Mul (1986), Jasper Stuyven (1992), Maxime Lestienne (1992), Faris Haroun (1985), Gert Steegmans (1980), and Roberto Bellarosa (1994). After him are Kristof Goddaert (1986), Toma Nikiforov (1993), Matthew Gilmore (1972), Dylan Teuns (1992), Laura Tesoro (1996), and Frederik Willems (1979).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Maarten Martens ranks 203Before him are Thomas Buffel (1981), Gaëtan Englebert (1976), Björn Vleminckx (1985), Tom De Mul (1986), Maxime Lestienne (1992), and Faris Haroun (1985). After him are Franky Vandendriessche (1971), Marvin Ogunjimi (1987), Logan Bailly (1985), Benito Raman (1994), Laurent Depoitre (1988), and Aster Vranckx (2002).