SOCCER PLAYER

Thomas Linke

1969 - Today

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Thomas Linke (born 26 December 1969) is a retired German professional footballer. He played as a central defender and last worked as the director of football of FC Ingolstadt 04. Linke was remembered as a hard-nosed tackler with tremendous heading ability, and played in 13 Bundesliga seasons in representation of Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, totalling 340 games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Linke has received more than 195,387 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Linke is the 2,388th most popular soccer player (up from 3,131st in 2019), the 4,332nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,402nd in 2019) and the 176th most popular German Soccer Player.

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  • 200k

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  • 55.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Thomas Linke ranks 2,388 out of 21,273Before him are Ricardo Sá Pinto, Alexander Frei, Rainer Zobel, Raul Meireles, Aldo Serena, and Stefan Bozhkov. After him are Ståle Solbakken, Severino Minelli, Ove Grahn, Seiki Ichihara, Jaú, and Iuliu Bodola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Thomas Linke ranks 172Before him are Sophie Kinsella, Alain de Botton, Cosmin Olăroiu, Nate Dogg, Amy Ryan, and Christopher Scarver. After him are Erlend Loe, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Hendry, Byron Moreno, Gary Speed, and Shawn Crahan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Linke ranks 4,332 out of 7,253Before him are Cilly Aussem (1909), Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801), Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Rainer Zobel (1948), Klaus Badelt (1967), and Hans Günter Winkler (1926). After him are Joseph Höffner (1906), Hermann Osthoff (1847), Robert Havemann (1910), Adolf Stieler (1775), Felix Dahn (1834), and Marcus Goldman (1821).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Thomas Linke ranks 176Before him are Paul Janes (1912), Josef Gauchel (1916), Heinz Kubsch (1930), Karl-Heinz Metzner (1923), Bernd Stange (1948), and Rainer Zobel (1948). After him are Emre Can (1994), Stephan Beckenbauer (1968), Carsten Jancker (1974), Rudi Assauer (1944), Olaf Thon (1966), and Günter Bernard (1939).