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Preben Elkjær

1957 - Today

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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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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Preben Elkjær ranks 493 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Preben Elkjær ranks 62Before 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.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Preben Elkjær ranks 195 out of 893Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Preben Elkjær ranks 5Before 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).

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