1983 - Today
Philipp Lahm (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪp ˈlaːm]; born 11 November 1983) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a right back or defensive midfielder and spent much of his early career playing left back. He was the captain of Bayern Munich, having led them to numerous honours including the 2013 UEFA Champions League as part of the Treble. He is also a former captain of his national team, which he led to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup, before retiring from international football.Lahm is considered by many to be one of the best defenders of his generation and one of the greatest defenders of all time and was included in the World Cup team of the tournament in 2006, 2010, and 2014, and the UEFA Team of the Tournament in 2008 and 2012 and in the UEFA Team of the Year 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Lahm has received more than 2,481,191 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Philipp Lahm is the 604th most popular soccer player (down from 473rd in 2019), the 2,073rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,700th in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Philipp Lahm ranks 604 out of 16,923. Before him are Isidro Lángara, Henri Michel, Manfred Kaltz, Roger Byrne, Paul Scholes, and Silvio Marzolini. After him are Aldair, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Lucien Muller, Tatsuya Shiji, William Foulke, and Daniel Bertoni.
1912 - 1992
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 598
1947 - 2018
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 599
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 600
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 601
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 602
1940 - 2020
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 603
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 604
1965 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 605
1938 - 2017
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 606
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 607
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 608
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 609
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 610
Among people born in 1983, Philipp Lahm ranks 15. Before him are Katrina Kaif, Donald Glover, Robin van Persie, Henry Cavill, Pepe, and Ricardo Quaresma. After him are Yaya Touré, Emily Blunt, Rafael van der Vaart, Mila Kunis, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
1983 - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 12
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 13
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 14
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 15
1983 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 16
1983 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 17
1983 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 18
1983 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 19
1983 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Philipp Lahm ranks 2,073 out of 5,289. Before him are Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Manfred Kaltz (1953), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373), and Reinhard Hardegen (1913). After him are Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1763), Curt Sachs (1881), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), Günter Wallraff (1942), and Gustaf Gründgens (1899).
1614 - 1674
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,067
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,068
1667 - 1739
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,069
1809 - 1885
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,070
1373 - 1438
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,071
1913 - 2018
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 2,072
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 2,073
1763 - 1834
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 2,074
1881 - 1959
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 2,075
1782 - 1863
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 2,076
1691 - 1768
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 2,077
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 2,078
1899 - 1963
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 2,079
Among soccer players born in Germany, Philipp Lahm ranks 48. Before him are Mesut Özil (1988), Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), Dieter Müller (1954), Hans Tilkowski (1935), Jürgen Kohler (1965), and Manfred Kaltz (1953). After him are Guido Buchwald (1961), Toni Kroos (1990), Mario Gómez (1985), Bodo Illgner (1967), Rainer Bonhof (1952), and Stefan Effenberg (1968).
1988 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 43
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 44
1935 - 2020
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 45
1965 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 46
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 47
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 48
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 49
1990 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 50
1985 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 51
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 52
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 53
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 54