1984 - Today
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. He was soon dubbed "the Defence Pole" ("die Abwehrlatte") by German tabloids, and gained a reputation for his exceptional disciplinary record, going 31 league games without being booked. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per Mertesacker has received more than 2,252,468 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Per Mertesacker is the 2,050th most popular soccer player (down from 1,650th in 2019), the 3,972nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,396th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Per Mertesacker ranks 2,050 out of 16,880. Before him are Dado Pršo, Paulo Sérgio, Ottavio Bianchi, Lorenzo Staelens, Zezé Procópio, and Valon Behrami. After him are Silvester Takač, Karl-Heinz Körbel, Maarten Stekelenburg, Levir Culpi, Marián Masný, and Hiroshi Ninomiya.
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 2,044
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 2,045
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 2,046
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 2,047
1913 - 1980
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 2,048
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 2,049
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 2,050
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 2,051
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 2,052
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 2,053
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 2,054
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 2,055
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 2,056
Among people born in 1984, Per Mertesacker ranks 53. Before him are Stephan Lichtsteiner, Olivia Wilde, Belén Cuesta, Laverne Cox, Danijel Subašić, and Marija Šerifović. After him are Claire Foy, Andriy Pyatov, Mandy Moore, Bob Morley, Paolo Guerrero, and Natalia Tena.
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 47
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 48
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 49
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 50
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 51
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 52
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 53
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 54
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 55
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 56
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 57
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 58
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 59
Among people born in Germany, Per Mertesacker ranks 3,972 out of 6,142. Before him are Francesca Lebrun (1756), Oskar Messter (1866), Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Nina Hoss (1975), Ludwig Abeille (1761), and Oliver Shanti (1948). After him are Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Anneliese Rothenberger (1926), Carl Bernhard von Trinius (1778), Ole Borch (1626), Fredric Wertham (1895), and Wolf Kahler (1940).
1756 - 1791
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 3,966
1866 - 1943
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 3,967
1837 - 1900
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 3,968
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 3,969
1761 - 1838
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 3,970
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 3,971
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 3,972
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 3,973
1926 - 2010
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 3,974
1778 - 1844
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 3,975
1626 - 1690
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 3,976
1895 - 1981
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,977
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,978
Among soccer players born in Germany, Per Mertesacker ranks 142. Before him are Uwe Rahn (1962), Bruno Labbadia (1966), Serge Gnabry (1995), Bernd Schneider (1973), Eberhard Vogel (1943), and Ernst Albrecht (1907). After him are Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Ludwig Goldbrunner (1908), Rudi Assauer (1944), Adolf Urban (1914), Bernd Storck (1963), and Bernard Dietz (1948).
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 136
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 137
1995 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 138
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 139
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 140
1907 - 1976
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 141
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 142
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 143
1908 - 1981
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 144
1944 - 2019
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 145
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 146
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 147
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 148