1988 - Today
Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪci də ˈlaːt], born 28 November 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Royal Antwerp in the Belgian First Division A. De Laet played for various youth teams before joining the Royal Antwerp youth academy, where he was eventually picked up by Stoke City in 2007. Two years later, De Laet was signed by Premier League champions Manchester United where he mainly appeared for the reserves besides being sent on loan spells. In 2012, he joined Leicester City where he played more consistently and was part of the historic team winning the 2015–16 Premier League. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ritchie De Laet has received more than 867,046 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Ritchie De Laet is the 7,649th most popular soccer player (up from 8,851st in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 812th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ritchie De Laet ranks 7,649 out of 16,880. Before him are Takashi Hirano, Joe Corrigan, Yassine Chikhaoui, Mile Jedinak, Hans Hateboer, and Léonard Kweuke. After him are Florentin Petre, Ânderson Lima, Antonio de Nigris, Luis Advíncula, Frédéric Déhu, and Jean-Christophe Bahebeck.
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.96
Rank: 7,643
1948 - Present
HPI: 33.95
Rank: 7,644
1986 - Present
HPI: 33.95
Rank: 7,645
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.94
Rank: 7,646
1994 - Present
HPI: 33.94
Rank: 7,647
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.94
Rank: 7,648
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 7,649
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 7,650
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 7,651
1978 - 2009
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 7,652
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 7,653
1972 - Present
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 7,654
1993 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 7,655
Among people born in 1988, Ritchie De Laet ranks 363. Before him are Bakary Koné, Ilya Ilyin, Matías Suárez, Oleksandr Abramenko, Rose McIver, and Mikako Komatsu. After him are Mike Bailey, Emir Bajrami, Li Xiaoxia, Yuko Oshima, Brook Lopez, and Ibrahim Ayew.
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 357
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.14
Rank: 358
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 359
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.03
Rank: 360
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 361
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.96
Rank: 362
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 363
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 364
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 365
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.87
Rank: 366
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 367
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 368
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 369
Among people born in Belgium, Ritchie De Laet ranks 838 out of 1,019. Before him are Junior Malanda (1994), Walter Baseggio (1978), Johan Vansummeren (1981), Sven Vermant (1973), Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008), and Steve Darcis (1984). After him are Kristof Van Hout (1987), Jasper Stuyven (1992), Loïc Nottet (1996), Dick Norman (1971), Charles De Ketelaere (2001), and Stijn Devolder (1979).
1994 - 2015
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 832
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 833
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 834
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.19
Rank: 835
2008 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 836
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.97
Rank: 837
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 838
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 839
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.72
Rank: 840
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.67
Rank: 841
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.64
Rank: 842
2001 - Present
HPI: 33.60
Rank: 843
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.59
Rank: 844
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Ritchie De Laet ranks 150. Before him are Peter Van der Heyden (1976), Filip Daems (1978), Sammy Bossut (1985), Junior Malanda (1994), Walter Baseggio (1978), and Sven Vermant (1973). After him are Kristof Van Hout (1987), Charles De Ketelaere (2001), Omar El Kaddouri (1990), Guillaume Gillet (1984), Zakaria Bakkali (1996), and Bernd Thijs (1978).
1976 - Present
HPI: 34.49
Rank: 144
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 145
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 146
1994 - 2015
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 147
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 148
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.19
Rank: 149
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 150
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 151
2001 - Present
HPI: 33.60
Rank: 152
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.47
Rank: 153
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.44
Rank: 154
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 155
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 156