1998 - Today
Martin Ødegaard (born 17 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains both Premier League club Arsenal and the Norway national team. Considered one of the best midfielders in the world, he is known for his technique, dribbling ability, vision and range of passing. Ødegaard began his senior club career at age 15 in 2014, playing for Strømsgodset; he set the Tippeligaen record for its youngest goalscorer, and in 2015, signed for Real Madrid in a transfer worth an initial €4 million (Kr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Ødegaard has received more than 8,184,617 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Martin Ødegaard is the 3,671st most popular soccer player (down from 3,041st in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Norway (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Martin Ødegaard ranks 3,671 out of 16,880. Before him are Bryan Roy, Oceano Cruz, Terry Butcher, David Suazo, Christian Lopez, and Rudolf Illovszky. After him are Sven Bender, Marcos Calderón, Knut Kroon, Gustavo Zapata, Lothar Kurbjuweit, and Darío Silva.
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 3,665
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,666
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,667
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,668
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,669
1922 - 2008
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,670
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,671
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 3,672
1928 - 1987
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 3,673
1906 - 1975
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 3,674
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 3,675
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 3,676
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 3,677
Among people born in 1998, Martin Ødegaard ranks 13. Before him are Elle Fanning, Éder Militão, MrBeast, Dani Olmo, Dayot Upamecano, and Yulia Lipnitskaya. After him are Stefanos Tsitsipas, Manuel Locatelli, Jaden Smith, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Tadej Pogačar, and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 7
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 8
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 9
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 10
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 11
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 12
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 13
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 14
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 15
1998 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 16
1998 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 17
1998 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 18
1998 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 19
Among people born in Norway, Martin Ødegaard ranks 405 out of 927. Before him are Arne Bendiksen (1926), Arne Halse (1887), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Georg Selenius (1884), Harald Strøm (1897), and Erling Evensen (1914). After him are Hanne Krogh (1956), Gunnar Knudsen (1848), Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873), C. J. Hambro (1885), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (1990), and Per Ivar Moe (1944).
1926 - 2009
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 399
1887 - 1975
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 400
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 401
1884 - 1924
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 402
1897 - 1977
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 403
1914 - 1998
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 404
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 405
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 406
1848 - 1928
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 407
1873 - 1943
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 408
1885 - 1964
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 409
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 410
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 411
Among soccer players born in Norway, Martin Ødegaard ranks 22. Before him are Rolf Holmberg (1914), Henry Johansen (1904), John Carew (1979), Kristian Henriksen (1911), Rune Bratseth (1961), and Harald Strøm (1897). After him are Odd Frantzen (1913), Alf Martinsen (1911), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), Trond Sollied (1959), Gøran Sørloth (1962), and Henning Berg (1969).
1914 - 1979
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 16
1904 - 1988
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 17
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 18
1911 - 2004
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 19
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 20
1897 - 1977
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 21
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 22
1913 - 1977
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 23
1911 - 1988
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 24
1911 - 1993
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 25
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 26
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 27
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 28