1979 - Today
Michael John Ball (born 2 October 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back. Ball started his professional career at Everton, making his debut as a 17-year-old in 1997. He was capped by the England national team in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ball has received more than 2,211,465 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ball is the 15,661st most popular soccer player (down from 13,875th in 2019), the 7,231st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,378th in 2019) and the 898th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Michael Ball ranks 15,661 out of 16,880. Before him are Shiho Tomari, Yuki Ozawa, Don Goodman, Kazuma Kita, Yoshio Koizumi, and Ryota Takahashi. After him are Kota Sugiyama, Chris Brunt, Mário Brandão da Silveira, Takuto Koyama, Masahiro Iwata, and Christian Rivera.
1990 - Present
HPI: 20.46
Rank: 15,655
1983 - Present
HPI: 20.46
Rank: 15,656
1966 - Present
HPI: 20.46
Rank: 15,657
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 15,658
1996 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 15,659
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 15,660
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 15,661
1985 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 15,662
1984 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 15,663
1987 - Present
HPI: 20.44
Rank: 15,664
1982 - Present
HPI: 20.44
Rank: 15,665
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.44
Rank: 15,666
1997 - Present
HPI: 20.44
Rank: 15,667
Among people born in 1979, Michael Ball ranks 1,170. Before him are Eric Brewer, Shigeru Sakurai, Jun Ideguchi, Ryohei Nishiwaki, David Forde, and Jon Montgomery. After him are Rebecca Long-Bailey, Simon Amstell, Yoshimasa Fujita, Nobuhiro Sadatomi, Jason Scotland, and Takayoshi Toda.
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.73
Rank: 1,164
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.71
Rank: 1,165
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.70
Rank: 1,166
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.67
Rank: 1,167
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.66
Rank: 1,168
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.48
Rank: 1,169
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 1,170
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.42
Rank: 1,171
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.37
Rank: 1,172
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.33
Rank: 1,173
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.25
Rank: 1,174
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.14
Rank: 1,175
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.04
Rank: 1,176
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ball ranks 7,231 out of 7,765. Before him are Skream (1986), Francis Jeffers (1981), Darren Jackson (1966), Sally Conway (1987), Cameron Jerome (1986), and Don Goodman (1966). After him are Chris Brunt (1984), Rebecca Long-Bailey (1979), Paul Goodison (1977), Jennifer Ellison (1983), Niall McGinn (1987), and Simon Amstell (1979).
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.52
Rank: 7,225
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.52
Rank: 7,226
1966 - Present
HPI: 20.51
Rank: 7,227
1987 - Present
HPI: 20.50
Rank: 7,228
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.48
Rank: 7,229
1966 - Present
HPI: 20.46
Rank: 7,230
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 7,231
1984 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 7,232
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.42
Rank: 7,233
1977 - Present
HPI: 20.37
Rank: 7,234
1983 - Present
HPI: 20.37
Rank: 7,235
1987 - Present
HPI: 20.37
Rank: 7,236
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.37
Rank: 7,237
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Michael Ball ranks 898. Before him are Kelly Smith (1978), Lewis Grabban (1988), Francis Jeffers (1981), Darren Jackson (1966), Cameron Jerome (1986), and Don Goodman (1966). After him are Chris Brunt (1984), Niall McGinn (1987), Max Aarons (2000), Cole Palmer (2002), John Bostock (1992), and Sammy Ameobi (1992).
1978 - Present
HPI: 20.56
Rank: 892
1988 - Present
HPI: 20.55
Rank: 893
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.52
Rank: 894
1966 - Present
HPI: 20.51
Rank: 895
1986 - Present
HPI: 20.48
Rank: 896
1966 - Present
HPI: 20.46
Rank: 897
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 898
1984 - Present
HPI: 20.45
Rank: 899
1987 - Present
HPI: 20.37
Rank: 900
2000 - Present
HPI: 20.34
Rank: 901
2002 - Present
HPI: 20.33
Rank: 902
1992 - Present
HPI: 20.33
Rank: 903
1992 - Present
HPI: 20.33
Rank: 904