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Volkan Demirel

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Volkan Demirel (Turkish: [ꞵoɫˈkan deˈmiɾæl]; born 27 October 1981) is a Turkish football coach, pundit and former international goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği. For many years, he was the starting goalkeeper of Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Volkan Demirel is the 5,228th most popular soccer player (down from 4,075th in 2024), the 1,247th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Turkish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Volkan Demirel ranks 5,228 out of 21,273. Before him are Kári Árnason, Osamu Taninaka, Lisandro López, Mark Iuliano, Muricy Ramalho, and Bonaventure Kalou. After him are Mauricio Isla, Ignacio Achúcarro, Rob Page, Viola, Gary Cahill, and Jürgen Sundermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Volkan Demirel ranks 213. Before him are Jesse Williams, Lee Jin-wook, Klemen Lavrič, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrei Kirilenko, and Angerfist. After him are Audrey Tang, Antje Traue, Han Hye-jin, Sara Foster, Boyd Holbrook, and Dimitris Salpingidis.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Volkan Demirel ranks 1,247 out of 1,347. Before him are Nedim Gürsel (1951), Çetin Zeybek (1932), Şehrazat (1952), Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914), Hale Asaf (1905), and Çolpan İlhan (1936). After him are Merih Demiral (1998), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Mari Gerekmezyan (1913), Deniz Çakır (1982), Murat Boz (1980), and Ahmet Berman (1932).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Türkiye

Among soccer players born in Türkiye, Volkan Demirel ranks 32. Before him are Tanju Çolak (1963), Rober Eryol (1930), Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970), Cemil Turan (1947), Ali Beratlıgil (1931), and Çetin Zeybek (1932). After him are Merih Demiral (1998), Ahmet Berman (1932), Cengiz Ünder (1997), Aykut Kocaman (1965), Mehmet Topal (1986), and Ersun Yanal (1961).

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