1982 - Today
Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 5 April 1982) is a German director of football and former footballer who played as a midfielder. In February 2019, he was appointed Head of Sport of VfB Stuttgart and was subsequently promoted to CEO. In March 2022, he stepped down from this position.As a player he spent the early part of his career playing for Aston Villa in England (accompanied by a short loan spell at Chesterfield), before returning to Germany to play for Stuttgart, where he was a member of the team which won the Bundesliga in 2007. In 2010, he signed for Italian side Lazio, before moving back to England to join West Ham United later that year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Hitzlsperger has received more than 1,027,529 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Hitzlsperger is the 3,378th most popular soccer player (up from 3,393rd in 2019), the 4,497th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,036th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Thomas Hitzlsperger ranks 3,378 out of 16,880. Before him are Thomas Strunz, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Aleksandar Kozlina, Mancini, Bengt Berndtsson, and Jakob Streitle. After him are Evair, Antony de Ávila, Lucas Paquetá, Ernesto Castano, Kazimir Hnatow, and Denis Cheryshev.
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 3,372
1943 - 2019
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 3,373
1938 - 2013
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 3,374
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 3,375
1933 - 2015
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 3,376
1916 - 1982
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 3,377
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 3,378
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 3,379
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 3,380
1997 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 3,381
1939 - 2023
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 3,382
1929 - 2010
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 3,383
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 3,384
Among people born in 1982, Thomas Hitzlsperger ranks 125. Before him are Róbert Vittek, Naldo, Susie Wolff, Rebecca Hall, Laura Ramsey, and Fabricio Coloccini. After him are Li Na, Jack Huston, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Källström, Alex, and José Bosingwa.
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 119
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 120
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 121
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 122
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 123
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 124
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 125
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 126
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 127
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 128
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 129
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 130
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 131
Among people born in Germany, Thomas Hitzlsperger ranks 4,497 out of 6,142. Before him are Walther Schreiber (1884), Ria Baran (1922), Barbara Krause (1959), Mario Theissen (1952), Thomas Strunz (1968), and Jakob Streitle (1916). After him are Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Marita Lange (1943), Katrin Sass (1956), Thomas Allofs (1959), Hans Schwartz (1913), and Lena Meyer-Landrut (1991).
1884 - 1958
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 4,491
1922 - 1986
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 4,492
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 4,493
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 4,494
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 4,495
1916 - 1982
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 4,496
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 4,497
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 4,498
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 4,499
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 4,500
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 4,501
1913 - 1991
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 4,502
1991 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 4,503
Among soccer players born in Germany, Thomas Hitzlsperger ranks 223. Before him are Dieter Burdenski (1950), Horst Wolter (1942), Erich Beer (1946), Markus Babbel (1972), Thomas Strunz (1968), and Jakob Streitle (1916). After him are Thomas Allofs (1959), Hans Schwartz (1913), Helmut Kremers (1949), Eike Immel (1960), Thomas Helmer (1965), and Norbert Nigbur (1948).
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 217
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 218
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 219
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 220
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 221
1916 - 1982
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 222
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 223
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 224
1913 - 1991
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 225
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 226
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 227
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 228
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 229