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Arda Turan

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Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. During his playing career, which included six years in the Spanish La Liga with Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, Turan was mostly known for his ball control, dribbling skills and vision. At age 22, prior to the 2009–10 season, he was named captain of Galatasaray. Following a successful UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, Turan was ranked eighth in a selection of the 100 Best Young Football Players in the World piece published by Spanish magazine Don Balón in July 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arda Turan is the 1,023rd most popular soccer player (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 808th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Arda Turan ranks 1,023 out of 21,273. Before him are Domingo Tejera, Serginho, Ronald de Boer, Ignacio Zoco, Luis Cubilla, and Yuji Kishioku. After him are Claudio Pizarro, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Andreas Möller, Sanae Mishima, Kevin Phillips, and Marcelo Salas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Arda Turan ranks 26. Before him are Nico Hülkenberg, John Obi Mikel, Pedro, Arturo Vidal, David Luiz, and Sami Khedira. After him are Blake Lively, Zac Efron, Marek Hamšík, Chelsea Manning, Candice King, and Andy Murray.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Arda Turan ranks 804 out of 1,347. Before him are Tevfik Esenç (1904), John VIII of Constantinople (1005), Bohemond V of Antioch (1199), Kemal Sunal (1944), Laodice I (-300), and Chariton (100). After him are Burak Özçivit (1984), Ishme-Dagan I (-1780), Alexios Apokaukos (1250), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (1609), and Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Türkiye

Among soccer players born in Türkiye, Arda Turan ranks 5. Before him are Hakan Şükür (1971), Ali Sami Yen (1886), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1924), and Rüştü Reçber (1973). After him are Metin Oktay (1936), Mustafa Denizli (1949), Okan Buruk (1973), Emre Belözoğlu (1980), Burhan Sargun (1929), Turgay Şeren (1932), and Arda Güler (2005).

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