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Per Mertesacker

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Per Mertesacker (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːɐ̯ ˈmɛɐ̯təsʔakɐ]; born 29 September 1984) is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of the Arsenal Academy. Mertesacker began his senior career after being promoted from the youth ranks at Bundesliga club Hannover 96, making his senior league debut in November 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per Mertesacker has received more than 2,413,866 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Per Mertesacker is the 1,924th most popular soccer player (up from 2,050th in 2019), the 3,940th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,961st in 2019) and the 143rd most popular German Soccer Player.

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  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Per Mertesacker ranks 1,924 out of 21,273. Before him are Roque Santa Cruz, Fritz Laband, Chendo, Takayuki Kuwata, Jaroslav Šilhavý, and Afonsinho. After him are Jon Dahl Tomasson, Gavriil Kachalin, Paul Mebus, Bernd Schneider, Gervinho, and Andi Herzog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Per Mertesacker ranks 39. Before him are Pavel Durov, Nigel de Jong, Samir Handanović, Branislav Ivanović, Lena Katina, and Ross Ulbricht. After him are Marija Šerifović, Mathieu Valbuena, Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland, Badr Hari, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Helene Fischer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Per Mertesacker ranks 3,940 out of 7,253. Before him are Timo Boll (1981), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), Hans Felber (1889), Werner Teske (1942), Paul Deussen (1845), and Prince August of Württemberg (1813). After him are Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926), Gottfried August Homilius (1714), John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1621), Paul Mebus (1920), Bernd Schneider (1973), and Johann Peter Salomon (1745).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Per Mertesacker ranks 143. Before him are Wolfgang Kleff (1946), Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Gottfried Fuchs (1889), Stefan Reuter (1966), Eberhard Vogel (1943), and Franz Roth (1946). After him are Paul Mebus (1920), Bernd Schneider (1973), Georg Buschner (1925), Emmanuel Scheffer (1924), Rudolf Noack (1913), and Loris Karius (1993).

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