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Michael Ballack

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Michael Ballack (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl ˈbalak]; born 26 September 1976) is a German former professional footballer. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He won the German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ballack has received more than 4,239,039 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ballack is the 193rd most popular soccer player (down from 183rd in 2019), the 949th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,096th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Soccer Player.

Michael Ballack is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the only German player to have won the FIFA World Cup as captain, leading his country to victory in the 2002 tournament. He was also awarded the Silver Ball at the 2002 World Cup.

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  • 3.44

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michael Ballack ranks 193 out of 21,273. Before him are Héctor Castro, Andrea Pirlo, Johnny Rep, Pedro Cea, Enzo Francescoli, and José Luis Chilavert. After him are Emilio Butragueño, Antonio Conte, Enrique Ballestrero, Amancio Amaro, Hiroaki Sato, and Edgar Davids.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Michael Ballack ranks 10. Before him are Francesco Totti, Andriy Shevchenko, Cillian Murphy, Ramzan Kadyrov, Clarence Seedorf, and Chester Bennington. After him are Judit Polgár, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Vieira, Yuval Noah Harari, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Ballack ranks 949 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Rahner (1904), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Horst Buchholz (1933), and Johann Adolph Hasse (1699). After him are Robert Aumann (1930), Edith Frank (1900), Margot Frank (1926), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Kurt Eisner (1867), and Günther Rall (1918).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Michael Ballack ranks 19. Before him are Berti Vogts (1946), Helmut Rahn (1929), Harald Schumacher (1954), Felix Magath (1953), Günter Netzer (1944), and Thomas Tuchel (1973). After him are Manuel Neuer (1986), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Mesut Özil (1988), Helmut Haller (1939), and Thomas Müller (1989).

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