1969 - Today
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 175,225 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Thomas Linke is the 3,132nd most popular soccer player (down from 2,293rd in 2019), the 4,416th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,701st in 2019) and the 203rd most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Thomas Linke ranks 3,132 out of 16,880. Before him are Carlo Cudicini, Marco Delvecchio, Tugay Kerimoğlu, John O'Shea, Tim Cahill, and Yevhen Konoplyanka. After him are Néstor Togneri, Mario Stanić, Sigmund Haringer, Dušan Tadić, Pedro Artola, and Carlo Annovazzi.
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 3,126
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,127
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,128
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,129
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,130
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,131
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,132
1942 - 1999
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,133
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,134
1908 - 1975
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 3,135
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 3,136
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 3,137
1925 - 1980
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 3,138
Among people born in 1969, Thomas Linke ranks 254. Before him are Billy Porter, Vanderlei de Lima, Lisa Su, Trudi Canavan, Richard Virenque, and Myles Kennedy. After him are Georgiy Gongadze, Mana, Bahman Ghobadi, Ilie Dumitrescu, Alexis Arquette, and Juan Carlos Villamayor.
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 248
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 249
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 250
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 251
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 252
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 253
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 254
1969 - 2000
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 255
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 256
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 257
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 258
1969 - 2016
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 259
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 260
Among people born in Germany, Thomas Linke ranks 4,416 out of 6,142. Before him are Peter Baltes (1958), Max Hainle (1882), Christoph Metzelder (1980), Peter Dietrich (1944), Albert Ladenburg (1842), and Nathan Zach (1930). After him are Sigmund Haringer (1908), André Hennicke (1958), Nadja Auermann (1971), Malu Dreyer (1961), Max Riemelt (1984), and Erwin Strittmatter (1912).
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 4,410
1882 - 1961
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 4,411
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 4,412
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 4,413
1842 - 1911
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 4,414
1930 - 2020
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,415
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,416
1908 - 1975
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,417
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 4,418
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 4,419
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 4,420
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 4,421
1912 - 1994
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 4,422
Among soccer players born in Germany, Thomas Linke ranks 203. Before him are Hans Jakob (1908), Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (1943), Christian Streich (1965), Dietmar Hamann (1973), Christoph Metzelder (1980), and Peter Dietrich (1944). After him are Sigmund Haringer (1908), Wolfgang Rolff (1959), Jürgen Pommerenke (1953), Karl-Heinz Metzner (1923), Paul Mebus (1920), and Holger Badstuber (1989).
1908 - 1994
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 197
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 198
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 199
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 200
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 201
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 202
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 203
1908 - 1975
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 204
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 205
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 206
1923 - 1994
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 207
1920 - 1993
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 208
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 209