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Artūrs Irbe

1967 - Today

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Artūrs Irbe (born 2 February 1967) is a Latvian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. Born during the Soviet era, Irbe played for various Soviet league teams and the Soviet Union national team before moving to North America in 1991. Irbe played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, and Carolina Hurricanes. In 2004 Irbe returned to Europe to play until he retired in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Artūrs Irbe is the 79th most popular hockey player (up from 116th in 2024), the 192nd most popular biography from Latvia (up from 213th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Artūrs Irbe ranks 79 out of 676. Before him are Ken Dryden, Irving Small, Bobby Clarke, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Bert McCaffrey, and Dick Esser. After him are Herb Drury, Tomas Jonsson, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Steve Yzerman, Sidney Crosby, and Viktor Zinger.

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Among people born in 1967, Artūrs Irbe ranks 374. Before him are Kevin Moore, Rebecca Schaeffer, Ali Babacan, Gabriele Muccino, Hossein Shahabi, and Boris Novković. After him are Alberto Puig, Collin Chou, Eddy Maillet, Gil de Ferran, Marc Warren, and Cristi Puiu.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Artūrs Irbe ranks 192 out of 323. Before him are Cēzars Ozers (1937), Aigars Fadejevs (1975), Emīls Dārziņš (1875), Solvita Āboltiņa (1963), Valdis Valters (1957), and Aleksandrs Starkovs (1955). After him are John Konrads (1942), Māris Gailis (1951), Jānis Akuraters (1876), Roberts Zīle (1958), Nikolai Ekk (1902), and Andrejs Prohorenkovs (1977).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Latvia

Among hockey players born in Latvia, Artūrs Irbe ranks 1. After him are Kārlis Skrastiņš (1974), Sandis Ozoliņš (1972), Sergejs Žoltoks (1972), Herberts Vasiļjevs (1976), Edgars Masaļskis (1980), Kaspars Daugaviņš (1988), Aleksandrs Ņiživijs (1976), Jānis Sprukts (1982), Lauris Dārziņš (1985), Miķelis Rēdlihs (1984), and Miks Indrašis (1990).

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