1979 - Today
Stiliyan Alyoshev Petrov (Bulgarian: Стилиян Альошев Петров, born 5 July 1979) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Petrov joined Celtic from CSKA Sofia in 1999, and won ten trophies in his time at Celtic Park, including four Scottish Premier League titles. In 2006, he moved to Aston Villa in the Premier League, along with his former manager Martin O'Neill. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stiliyan Petrov has received more than 997,559 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Stiliyan Petrov is the 5,378th most popular soccer player (down from 4,083rd in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 204th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Stiliyan Petrov ranks 5,378 out of 16,880. Before him are Pablo Larios, Romain Saïss, Lionello Manfredonia, Rachid Ghezzal, Gheorghe Craioveanu, and Ioan Lupescu. After him are Ioan Andone, Aleksei Miranchuk, Ragnar Klavan, Nobuhiro Takeda, Peter Broadbent, and Sergio Pellissier.
1960 - 2019
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 5,372
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 5,373
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 5,374
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 5,375
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 5,376
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 5,377
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 5,378
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 5,379
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 5,380
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 5,381
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 5,382
1933 - 2013
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 5,383
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 5,384
Among people born in 1979, Stiliyan Petrov ranks 282. Before him are Artur Taymazov, Fábio Aurélio, Albert Jorquera, Francileudo Santos, Anthony Davidson, and Bakary Gassama. After him are Sergio Pellissier, Daniel Jensen, Thomas Voeckler, Mageina Tovah, Yasser Al-Habib, and Matteo Ferrari.
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 276
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 277
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 278
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 279
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 280
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 281
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 282
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 283
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 284
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 285
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 286
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 287
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 288
Among people born in Bulgaria, Stiliyan Petrov ranks 262 out of 372. Before him are Khristo Markov (1965), Ivan Zafirov (1947), Sofi Marinova (1975), Georgi Dimitrov (1959), Kiril Petkov (1980), and Valeri Bojinov (1986). After him are Ivaylo Yordanov (1968), Elitsa Todorova (1977), Matey Kaziyski (1984), Katerina Maleeva (1969), Georgi Gospodinov (1968), and Nikolay Iliev (1964).
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 256
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 257
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 258
1959 - 2021
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 259
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 260
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 261
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 262
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 263
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 264
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 265
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 266
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 267
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 268
Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Stiliyan Petrov ranks 41. Before him are Plamen Markov (1957), Daniel Borimirov (1970), Kiril Ivkov (1946), Ivan Zafirov (1947), Georgi Dimitrov (1959), and Valeri Bojinov (1986). After him are Ivaylo Yordanov (1968), Nikolay Iliev (1964), Dimitar Ivankov (1975), Ayan Sadakov (1961), Zdravko Zdravkov (1970), and Ivaylo Andonov (1967).
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 35
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 36
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 37
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 38
1959 - 2021
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 39
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 40
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 41
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 42
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 43
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 44
1961 - 2017
HPI: 36.24
Rank: 45
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 46
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 47