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Thibaut Courtois

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Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (French pronunciation: [tibo kuʁtwa]; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtiboː kurˈtʋaː]; born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is known for his reflexes, acrobatic saves, and command of the penalty area. Courtois began his career with Genk and made his senior debut in 2009, at age 16; he went on to establish himself as the club's starting goalkeeper and won the Belgian Pro League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thibaut Courtois has received more than 8,948,131 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Thibaut Courtois is the 448th most popular soccer player (up from 569th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 270th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Thibaut Courtois ranks 448 out of 21,273. Before him are Nereo Rocco, Jan Ceulemans, Adolf Scherer, Dejan Savićević, Noritaka Hidaka, and Miguel Ángel González Suárez. After him are Ally McCoist, Miloš Milutinović, Hans-Peter Briegel, Willem van Hanegem, Roberto Dinamite, and John Toshack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Thibaut Courtois ranks 4. Before him are Neymar, David Bohm, and Cardi B. After him are Selena Gomez, Sadio Mané, Kim Seok-jin, Son Heung-min, Marc-André ter Stegen, Miley Cyrus, Álvaro Morata, and Dani Carvajal.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Thibaut Courtois ranks 204 out of 1,190. Before him are Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Hugo Claus (1929), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Raymond Goethals (1921), Jan Ceulemans (1957), and Rik Van Looy (1933). After him are Alexander Agricola (1446), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Melchior Broederlam (1355), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), and Roger De Vlaeminck (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Thibaut Courtois ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Paul Van Himst (1943), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Eden Hazard (1991), Herbert Wimmer (1944), and Jan Ceulemans (1957). After him are Romelu Lukaku (1993), Enzo Scifo (1966), Frans Janssens (1945), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Marc Wilmots (1969), and Bernard Voorhoof (1910).

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