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Nils Petersen

1988 - Today

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Nils Petersen (German pronunciation: [ˈniːls ˈpeːtɐzn̩, ˈnɪls -]; born 6 December 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footballer who has scored five goals in a single game with the national team. At club level, Petersen played in the Bundesliga for Energie Cottbus, Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen and SC Freiburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Petersen is the 8,947th most popular soccer player (down from 8,087th in 2024), the 6,195th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,052nd in 2019) and the 482nd most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nils Petersen ranks 8,947 out of 21,273. Before him are Tatsuki Noda, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Mauricio Solís, Alexandra Popp, Nadhim Shaker, and Junior Messias. After him are Eufemio Cabral, Carlos Bonet, Ryuji Michiki, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Gerson, and Hikaru Kuba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Nils Petersen ranks 365. Before him are David Rudisha, Gürbey İleri, Fraser Forster, Alexey Vorobyov, Oussama Assaidi, and Melissa O'Neil. After him are Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Maicon Pereira Roque, James Meredith, Ed Speleers, Keirrison, and Masahiro Tanaka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nils Petersen ranks 6,198 out of 7,253. Before him are Bettina Schmidt (1960), Daniel Günther (1973), Anke Behmer (1961), Ingo Weißenborn (1963), Alexandra Popp (1991), and Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1983). After him are Moritz Leitner (1992), Wolfgang Hoppe (1957), Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (1966), Sinan Şamil Sam (1974), John Brooks (1993), and Uwe Messerschmidt (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Nils Petersen ranks 482. Before him are Andreas Hinkel (1982), Martin Wagner (1968), Mitchell Weiser (1994), Vincenzo Grifo (1993), Heidi Mohr (1967), and Alexandra Popp (1991). After him are Moritz Leitner (1992), John Brooks (1993), Felix Kroos (1991), Tayfur Havutçu (1970), Salih Özcan (1998), and Lukas Klostermann (1996).

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