1971 - Today
Niko Kovač (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐːko kǒʋaːtʃ, – kô-]; born 15 October 1971) is a professional football coach and former player. Kovač was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retirement from international football in January 2009. A defensive midfielder who was known for his excellent passing and tackling skills, Kovač was, at the time of his retirement, the oldest player in the Croatian squad and had captained them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niko Kovač has received more than 2,424,703 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Niko Kovač is the 280th most popular soccer player (up from 441st in 2019), the 1,459th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,656th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Niko Kovač ranks 280 out of 16,880. Before him are Megumu Tamura, Xabi Alonso, Kylian Mbappé, Hisataka Okamoto, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, and Lorenzo Buffon. After him are Hernán Crespo, Sepp Herberger, Hirokazu Ninomiya, Junji Nishikawa, Obdulio Varela, and Kiyonosuke Marutani.
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 274
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 275
1998 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 276
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 277
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 278
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 279
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 280
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 281
1897 - 1977
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 282
1917 - 2000
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 283
1907 - Present
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 284
1917 - 1996
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 285
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 286
Among people born in 1971, Niko Kovač ranks 22. Before him are Lance Armstrong, Ewan McGregor, Ricky Martin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vitali Klitschko, and Sacha Baron Cohen. After him are Pete Sampras, Kim Jong-nam, Unai Emery, Jari Litmanen, Henrik Larsson, and Andy Whitfield.
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 16
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 17
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 18
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 19
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 20
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 21
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 22
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 23
1971 - 2017
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 24
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 25
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 26
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 27
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 28
Among people born in Germany, Niko Kovač ranks 1,459 out of 6,142. Before him are Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), and Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319). After him are Wolfram Sievers (1905), Sepp Herberger (1897), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), Hans Speidel (1897), Karl Korsch (1886), and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736).
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,453
1597 - 1660
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,454
1854 - 1932
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,455
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,456
1777 - 1843
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,457
1319 - 1375
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,458
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,459
1905 - 1948
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,460
1897 - 1977
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,461
1947 - 2017
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,462
1897 - 1984
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,463
1886 - 1961
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,464
1736 - 1798
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,465
Among soccer players born in Germany, Niko Kovač ranks 27. Before him are Helmut Haller (1939), Bert Trautmann (1923), Andreas Brehme (1960), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Jupp Derwall (1927), and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939). After him are Sepp Herberger (1897), Jens Lehmann (1969), Dettmar Cramer (1925), Thomas Müller (1989), Horst Eckel (1932), and Uli Stielike (1954).
1939 - 2012
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 21
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 22
1960 - 2024
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 23
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 24
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 25
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 26
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 27
1897 - 1977
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 28
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 29
1925 - 2015
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 30
1989 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 31
1932 - 2021
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 32
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 33