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Markus Merk

1962 - Today

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Markus Merk (born 15 March 1962) is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Markus Merk has received more than 133,800 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Markus Merk is the 7th most popular referee (up from 11th in 2019), the 3,579th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,407th in 2019) and the most popular German Referee.

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  • 130k

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  • 49.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Markus Merk ranks 7 out of 107. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Sándor Puhl, Ivan Eklind, Cüneyt Çakır, Björn Kuipers, and Romualdo Arppi Filho. After him are Felix Brych, Said Belqola, Horacio Elizondo, Howard Webb, Nicolae Rainea, and Nicola Rizzoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Markus Merk ranks 150. Before him are Eriq La Salle, Mano Menezes, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Jutta Kleinschmidt, David Lagercrantz, and John Slattery. After him are Nigmatilla Yuldashev, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tigran Sargsyan, Paavo Järvi, Titus Welliver, and Magne Furuholmen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Markus Merk ranks 3,579 out of 6,142. Before him are Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483), Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1585), Rudolf Schlechter (1872), and Ernst Lehner (1912). After him are James Krüss (1926), Felix Brych (1975), Paul Josef Cordes (1934), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Eduard August von Regel (1815), and Horst Szymaniak (1934).

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Among REFEREES In Germany

Among referees born in Germany, Markus Merk ranks 1. After him are Felix Brych (1975), Rudi Glöckner (1929), Wolfgang Stark (1969), Herbert Fandel (1964), Deniz Aytekin (1978), Felix Zwayer (1981), Bibiana Steinhaus (1979), and Daniel Siebert (1984).

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