1963 - Today
Yousuf Al-Thunayyan (Arabic: يوسف الثُنيان, born November 18, 1963) is a former association football winger and attacking midfielder from Saudi Arabia. He spent all 21 seasons of his senior career at Al-Hilal FC. A playmaker known for vision and technique, Al-Thunayyan was nicknamed "The Philosopher" for his dribbling, goal scoring, and playmaking skills. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yousuf Al-Thunayan has received more than 63,126 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yousuf Al-Thunayan is the 5,890th most popular soccer player, the 176th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Saudi Arabian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 5,890 out of 16,880. Before him are Sjaak Troost, Francisco Fernández, Václav Svěrkoš, Karim Adeyemi, Jacek Krzynówek, and Stephan Engels. After him are Stelios Giannakopoulos, Ianis Hagi, Dany Verlinden, Julián Álvarez, Wolfram Wuttke, and Doriva.
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 5,884
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 5,885
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 5,886
2002 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 5,887
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 5,888
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 5,889
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 5,890
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 5,891
1998 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 5,892
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 5,893
2000 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 5,894
1961 - 2015
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 5,895
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 5,896
Among people born in 1963, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 582. Before him are Criss Oliva, Jadav Payeng, Mike Gascoyne, Zhang Yuan, Timothy Kopra, and Ahmed Al-Maktoum. After him are Dany Verlinden, Mario Been, Jeff Hornacek, Gavin O'Connor, Monica Frassoni, and Abdullah Al-Rashidi.
1963 - 1993
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 576
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 577
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 578
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 579
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 580
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 581
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 582
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 583
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 584
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 585
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 586
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 587
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 588
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 176 out of 251. Before him are Raif Badawi (1984), Hani Hanjour (1972), Hamza bin Laden (1989), Salem Al-Dawsari (1991), Khalil Al Ghamdi (1970), and Omar Abdulrahman (1991). After him are Satam al-Suqami (1976), Salman Al-Faraj (1989), Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982), Reema bint Bandar Al Saud (1975), Ameera al-Taweel (1983), and Wail al-Shehri (1973).
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 170
1972 - 2001
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 171
1989 - 2019
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 172
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 173
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 174
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 175
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 176
1976 - 2001
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 177
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 178
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.78
Rank: 179
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.67
Rank: 180
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 181
1973 - 2001
HPI: 36.35
Rank: 182
Among soccer players born in Saudi Arabia, Yousuf Al-Thunayan ranks 7. Before him are Majed Abdullah (1959), Sami Al-Jaber (1972), Saeed Al-Owairan (1967), Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972), Salem Al-Dawsari (1991), and Omar Abdulrahman (1991). After him are Salman Al-Faraj (1989), Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982), Hussein Abdulghani (1977), Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (1971), Mohammed Noor (1978), and Osama Hawsawi (1984).
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 1
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 4
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 5
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.78
Rank: 9
1977 - Present
HPI: 35.93
Rank: 10
1971 - 2013
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 12
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.98
Rank: 13