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Matthijs de Ligt

1999 - Today

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Matthijs de Ligt (born 12 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. He is known for his strength, leadership, aggressiveness and tackling. De Ligt made his debut for Ajax's senior team in September 2016 in a cup game against Willem II. He scored from a corner after 25 minutes, making him the club's second-youngest goalscorer ever behind Clarence Seedorf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthijs de Ligt has received more than 5,481,832 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Matthijs de Ligt is the 3,132nd most popular soccer player (up from 3,231st in 2019), the 785th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 765th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 3,132 out of 21,273. Before him are Gordon Strachan, Ulises Poirier, Ángel Bargas, Carlinhos Júnior, Luis Maidana, and Jean De Clercq. After him are Ivica Barbarić, Hasse Backe, Paolo Barison, Norberto Boggio, Javier Hernández, and Harry Lundahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 9. Before him are Reece James, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sabrina Carpenter, Rafael Leão, Ronald Araújo, and Andriy Lunin. After him are Kai Havertz, Belle Delphine, Armand Duplantis, Luka Dončić, Mick Schumacher, and Lily-Rose Depp.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 785 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876), Jo Bonfrère (1946), Charley Toorop (1891), Doutzen Kroes (1985), Gregory van der Wiel (1988), and Adri van Male (1910). After him are René Pijnen (1946), Bas Paauwe (1911), André Hazes (1951), Nida Senff (1920), Jasper Cillessen (1989), and Nicolaas Pierson (1839).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 104. Before him are Jan van Beveren (1948), Khalid Boulahrouz (1981), Ed de Goey (1966), Jo Bonfrère (1946), Gregory van der Wiel (1988), and Adri van Male (1910). After him are Bas Paauwe (1911), Jasper Cillessen (1989), Winston Bogarde (1970), Adrie van Kraay (1953), Foppe de Haan (1943), and Bas Dost (1989).

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