1986 - Today
Stephen James Ireland (born 22 August 1986) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Ireland played as a youth player with Cobh Ramblers before joining English club Manchester City in 2001 at the age of 18. He made his professional debut in September 2005 and soon established himself as a regular at the City of Manchester Stadium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Ireland has received more than 1,452,838 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Ireland is the 10,588th most popular soccer player (down from 10,327th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 397th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Irish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Stephen Ireland ranks 10,588 out of 16,880. Before him are Hiroki Mizumoto, Kazuya Igarashi, Parfait Mandanda, Joey Jones, Adama Guira, and Gustavo Scarpa. After him are Adékambi Olufadé, Ademar da Silva Braga Júnior, Jody Lukoki, Denis Kolodin, Yuta Nakayama, and Denis Halilović.
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.92
Rank: 10,582
1965 - Present
HPI: 28.92
Rank: 10,583
1989 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 10,584
1955 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 10,585
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 10,586
1994 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 10,587
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 10,588
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 10,589
1976 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 10,590
1992 - 2022
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 10,591
1982 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 10,592
1997 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 10,593
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 10,594
Among people born in 1986, Stephen Ireland ranks 763. Before him are Julian Edelman, Léo Matos, Wout Brama, Aron Baynes, Grigoriy Dobrygin, and Éva Csernoviczki. After him are Denis Halilović, Shruti Haasan, Greg Rutherford, Cheikh N'Doye, Simon Geschke, and Dreama Walker.
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.97
Rank: 757
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.96
Rank: 758
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.93
Rank: 759
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.93
Rank: 760
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.92
Rank: 761
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 762
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 763
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 764
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.88
Rank: 765
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.88
Rank: 766
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.87
Rank: 767
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.86
Rank: 768
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.80
Rank: 769
Among people born in Ireland, Stephen Ireland ranks 425 out of 501. Before him are Michelle Smith (1969), Fergal O'Brien (1972), Stefan Molyneux (1966), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), and Aisling Franciosi (1993). After him are Pádraig Harrington (1971), Daniel O'Donnell (1961), Kevin Doyle (1983), Shane Long (1987), Keith Wood (1972), and Eoin Macken (1983).
1969 - Present
HPI: 29.85
Rank: 419
1972 - Present
HPI: 29.61
Rank: 420
1966 - Present
HPI: 29.59
Rank: 421
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.42
Rank: 422
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.27
Rank: 423
1993 - Present
HPI: 29.22
Rank: 424
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 425
1971 - Present
HPI: 28.82
Rank: 426
1961 - Present
HPI: 28.81
Rank: 427
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.78
Rank: 428
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.75
Rank: 429
1972 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 430
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 431
Among soccer players born in Ireland, Stephen Ireland ranks 30. Before him are Richard Dunne (1979), Séamus Coleman (1988), Kevin Moran (1956), Matt Doherty (1992), Ian Harte (1977), and Anthony Stokes (1988). After him are Kevin Doyle (1983), Shane Long (1987), Stephen Carr (1976), Troy Parrott (2002), Liam Miller (1981), and Gary Kelly (1974).
1979 - Present
HPI: 32.63
Rank: 24
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 25
1956 - Present
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 26
1992 - Present
HPI: 30.61
Rank: 27
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.42
Rank: 28
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.27
Rank: 29
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.91
Rank: 30
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.78
Rank: 31
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.75
Rank: 32
1976 - Present
HPI: 27.33
Rank: 33
2002 - Present
HPI: 27.00
Rank: 34
1981 - 2018
HPI: 26.50
Rank: 35
1974 - Present
HPI: 26.12
Rank: 36