SOCCER PLAYER

Ritchie De Laet

1988 - Today

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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 861,449 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ritchie De Laet is the 9,452nd most popular soccer player (down from 7,648th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 837th in 2019) and the 184th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ritchie De Laets by language

Over the past year Ritchie De Laet has had the most page views in the with 77,850 views, followed by Dutch (19,491), and French (6,752). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (70.33%), Spanish (70.31%), and Indonesian (61.07%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ritchie De Laet ranks 9,452 out of 21,273Before him are Bakaye Traoré, Marko Grujić, Kim Yong-dae, Ladislav Krejčí, Nikolay Mihaylov, and Joe Bizera. After him are Nádson Rodrigues de Souza, Oh Beom-seok, Andy Roxburgh, Vujadin Stanojković, Jonathan Moreira, and Sekou Cissé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Ritchie De Laet ranks 415Before him are Sidney Sam, Tatiana Golovin, Samir Ujkani, Maria Butina, Niclas Ekberg, and Nikolay Mihaylov. After him are Cody Walker, Analeigh Tipton, Martin Olsson, Rutger Bregman, Kayne Vincent, and Haruna Kojima.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ritchie De Laet ranks 972 out of 1,190Before him are Jurgen Van den Broeck (1983), Jacky Peeters (1969), Arthur Theate (2000), Els Dottermans (1964), Bernd Thijs (1978), and Mario Mutsch (1984). After him are Filip Dewulf (1972), Philippe Léonard (1974), Matz Sels (1992), Guillaume Gillet (1984), Thomas Kaminski (1992), and Pascal Renier (1971).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Ritchie De Laet ranks 184Before him are Dedryck Boyata (1990), Orel Mangala (1998), Jacky Peeters (1969), Arthur Theate (2000), Bernd Thijs (1978), and Mario Mutsch (1984). After him are Philippe Léonard (1974), Matz Sels (1992), Guillaume Gillet (1984), Thomas Kaminski (1992), Pascal Renier (1971), and Sébastien Pocognoli (1987).