1984 - Today
Lawrence Siphiwe Dambuza Tshabalala (; born 25 September 1984) is a South African professional football player who most recently played as a midfielder for AmaZulu. He is considered to be one of the most well-known and decorated South African soccer players of his generation. He was the first player to make his international debut while still playing in the National First Division. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Siphiwe Tshabalala has received more than 962,802 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Siphiwe Tshabalala is the 5,232nd most popular soccer player (down from 4,725th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 166th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 5,232 out of 16,880. Before him are Marwin Hitz, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Joachim Björklund, Krunoslav Jurčić, Georgi Dimitrov, and Jean-François Domergue. After him are Cheick Tioté, Michael Preetz, José Giménez, Neville Southall, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, and Viktor Fischer.
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 5,226
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 5,227
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 5,228
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 5,229
1959 - 2021
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,230
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,231
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,232
1986 - 2017
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,233
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,234
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,235
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5,236
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 5,237
1994 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 5,238
Among people born in 1984, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 199. Before him are Tayanna, Tony Ferguson, Karoline Herfurth, Leyla Aliyeva, Rachael Taylor, and Petra Marklund. After him are Martin Johnsrud Sundby, David Odonkor, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Aram Mp3, Jeremy Jordan, and Marcin Gortat.
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 193
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 194
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 195
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 196
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 197
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 198
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 199
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 200
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 201
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 202
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 203
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 204
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 205
Among people born in South Africa, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 189 out of 374. Before him are Desiré Wilson (1953), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Clarence Walker (1898), Athol Fugard (1932), Bessie Head (1937), and Neville Lederle (1938). After him are Lillian Board (1948), Ernie Pieterse (1938), Steven Pienaar (1982), Luki Botha (1930), Kevin Anderson (1986), and Trevor Blokdyk (1935).
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 183
1913 - 1989
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 184
1898 - 1957
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 185
1932 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 186
1937 - 1986
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 187
1938 - 2019
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 188
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 189
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 190
1938 - 2017
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 191
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 192
1930 - 2006
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 193
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 194
1935 - 1995
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 195
Among soccer players born in South Africa, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 5. Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Dimas (1969), and Benni McCarthy (1977). After him are Steven Pienaar (1982), Phil Masinga (1969), Mark González (1984), Hans Vonk (1970), Lucas Radebe (1969), Matthew Booth (1977), and Aaron Mokoena (1980).
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 1
1904 - 1951
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 2
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 4
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 5
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 6
1969 - 2019
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.81
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 10
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.78
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 12