SOCCER PLAYER

Radja Nainggolan

1988 - Today

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Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Lokeren-Temse. Nicknamed Il Ninja, he spent almost his entire professional career in Italy, representing Piacenza, Cagliari, Roma and Inter Milan. He made 367 appearances and scored 48 goals in Serie A, being named four consecutive times in its Team of the Year. A Belgium international for eight years, Nainggolan played 30 times for his country (scoring six goals) and represented it at Euro 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Radja Nainggolan has received more than 4,518,704 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Radja Nainggolan is the 1,208th most popular soccer player (down from 1,124th in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 407th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

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  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Radja Nainggolan ranks 1,208 out of 21,273Before him are Ciro Immobile, Władysław Żmuda, Ralf Edström, Enrico Chiesa, Javier Ambrois, and Ivan Bek. After him are Axel Witsel, Matías Almeyda, Milovan Rajevac, Wynton Rufer, Rabah Saâdane, and Jan Tomaszewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Radja Nainggolan ranks 27Before him are Conchita Wurst, Natascha Kampusch, Stephen Curry, Mats Hummels, Kim Yo-jong, and Juan Mata. After him are Juan Cuadrado, Big Sean, Alicia Vikander, Nuri Şahin, Nicolás Otamendi, and Javier Hernández.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Radja Nainggolan ranks 420 out of 1,190Before him are André Delvaux (1926), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), Cornelis Schut (1597), and Jaco Van Dormael (1957). After him are Axel Witsel (1989), Wim Mertens (1953), Paul de Man (1919), Stan Ockers (1920), Maurice De Waele (1896), and Sigiswald Kuijken (1944).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Radja Nainggolan ranks 20Before him are Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Franky Van der Elst (1961), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Raoul Lambert (1944), Dries Mertens (1987), and Franky Vercauteren (1956). After him are Axel Witsel (1989), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Raymond Braine (1907), Georges Heylens (1941), and Joseph Mermans (1922).