1992 - Today
Matz Willy Els Sels (born 26 February 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, for which he serves as captain, and the Belgium national team. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matz Sels has received more than 410,645 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Matz Sels is the 8,098th most popular soccer player (up from 10,782nd in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 856th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Matz Sels ranks 8,098 out of 16,880. Before him are Xisco, Sylvain Armand, Terry Fenwick, Beñat Etxebarria, Megumi Sakata, and Takahiro Kimura. After him are Takeshi Oki, Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães, Anton Ferdinand, Paco Soler, Mourad Meghni, and José Manuel Jiménez Ortiz.
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 8,092
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 8,093
1959 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 8,094
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 8,095
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 8,096
1957 - Present
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 8,097
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 8,098
1961 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 8,099
1997 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 8,100
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 8,101
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 8,102
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 8,103
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 8,104
Among people born in 1992, Matz Sels ranks 305. Before him are Pavel Kadeřábek, Niloofar Rahmani, Gen Shoji, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Oğuzhan Özyakup, and Kim Petras. After him are Eliza Bennett, Léo Baptistão, Bob Jungels, Olivia Culpo, Marvin Plattenhardt, and Arthur Maia.
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 299
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 300
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.25
Rank: 301
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.23
Rank: 302
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.16
Rank: 303
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.16
Rank: 304
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 305
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 306
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.05
Rank: 307
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.04
Rank: 308
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.03
Rank: 309
1992 - Present
HPI: 32.99
Rank: 310
1992 - 2016
HPI: 32.95
Rank: 311
Among people born in Belgium, Matz Sels ranks 859 out of 1,019. Before him are Olivier Deschacht (1981), Thomas Buffel (1981), Jérémy Doku (2002), Jacky Peeters (1969), Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (1989), and François Duval (1980). After him are Kevin Borlée (1988), Dodi Lukebakio (1997), Tim Wellens (1991), Sep Vanmarcke (1988), Niko Eeckhout (1970), and Sébastien Pocognoli (1987).
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.24
Rank: 853
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.24
Rank: 854
2002 - Present
HPI: 33.22
Rank: 855
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 856
1989 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 857
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 858
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 859
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 860
1997 - Present
HPI: 33.05
Rank: 861
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.93
Rank: 862
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.83
Rank: 863
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.78
Rank: 864
1987 - Present
HPI: 32.73
Rank: 865
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Matz Sels ranks 162. Before him are Bernd Thijs (1978), Olivier Deschacht (1981), Thomas Buffel (1981), Jérémy Doku (2002), Jacky Peeters (1969), and Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (1989). After him are Dodi Lukebakio (1997), Sébastien Pocognoli (1987), Leandro Trossard (1994), Pascal Renier (1971), Philippe Léonard (1974), and Tom De Mul (1986).
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 156
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.24
Rank: 157
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.24
Rank: 158
2002 - Present
HPI: 33.22
Rank: 159
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 160
1989 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 161
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.11
Rank: 162
1997 - Present
HPI: 33.05
Rank: 163
1987 - Present
HPI: 32.73
Rank: 164
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.62
Rank: 165
1971 - Present
HPI: 32.39
Rank: 166
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.39
Rank: 167
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.28
Rank: 168