1957 - Today
Preben Elkjær Larsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈelˌkʰeˀɐ̯]; born 11 September 1957) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Amongst others, he played with Hellas Verona in Italy, helping the club to the only major title of its history, the 1985 Serie A. Additionally, Elkjær scored 38 goals for the Denmark national team in 11 years, being a leading figure for the Danish side under coach Sepp Piontek that played at the Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup (a first-ever appearance), often hailed as the golden generation of Danish football by their countrymen. Elkjær won the Bronze Ball award at the latter competition. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Preben Elkjær has received more than 311,073 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Preben Elkjær is the 493rd most popular soccer player (down from 482nd in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Preben Elkjær ranks 493 out of 16,880. Before him are Waichiro Omura, Mario Balotelli, Santillana, Kiyoo Kanda, Norio Yoshimizu, and Shiro Teshima. After him are Horst Hrubesch, Aldair, Philipp Lahm, Wilfried Van Moer, Tarcisio Burgnich, and Keylor Navas.
1933 - 2003
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 487
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 488
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 489
1900 - 1970
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 490
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 491
1907 - 1982
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 492
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 493
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 494
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 495
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 496
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 497
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 498
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 499
Among people born in 1957, Preben Elkjær ranks 62. Before him are Timothy Spall, Bamir Topi, Yoshihiko Noda, Mukesh Ambani, Daniel Stern, and Bruce Beutler. After him are Ahmet Kaya, Loreena McKennitt, Ted Levine, Wolfgang Ketterle, Frank Miller, and Mikhail Kasyanov.
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 56
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 57
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 58
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 59
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 60
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 61
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 62
1957 - 2000
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 63
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 64
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 65
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 66
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 67
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 68
Among people born in Denmark, Preben Elkjær ranks 195 out of 893. Before him are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Edvard Eriksen (1876), Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520), Jan Gehl (1936), and Adam Oehlenschläger (1779). After him are Prince Harald of Denmark (1876), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Poul Schlüter (1929), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Peter Naur (1928), and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912).
1546 - 1617
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 189
1545 - 1622
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 190
1876 - 1959
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 191
1520 - 1580
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 192
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 193
1779 - 1850
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 194
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 195
1876 - 1949
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 196
1793 - 1881
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 197
1929 - 2021
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 198
1649 - 1704
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 199
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 200
1912 - 1995
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 201
Among soccer players born in Denmark, Preben Elkjær ranks 5. Before him are Peter Schmeichel (1963), Allan Simonsen (1952), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), and Poul Nielsen (1891). After him are Søren Lerby (1958), Christian Eriksen (1992), Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Harald Nielsen (1941), Henning Jensen (1949), Kenneth Zohore (1994), and John Hansen (1924).
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 2
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 3
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 5
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 6
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 7
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 8
1941 - 2015
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 9
1949 - 2017
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 11
1924 - 1990
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 12