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Dion Cools

1996 - Today

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Dion-Johan Chai Cools (born 4 June 1996) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays either as a full-back or centre-back for J.League club Cerezo Osaka and captains the Malaysia national team. Cools was raised in Belgium, and represented that country at youth level with 28 caps, but later chose to play for his native Malaysia, and made his senior debut on 3 June 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Dion Cools is the 15,850th most popular soccer player (up from 17,035th in 2024), the 88th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 81st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Malaysian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dion Cools ranks 15,850 out of 21,273. Before him are David Jurásek, Andrija Kaluđerović, Ami Sugita, Mansour Al-Thagafi, Jeffrey Aubynn, and Tom De Sutter. After him are Rodrigo Souto, Gastón Silva, Geyse, Jean Onana, Marvin Zeegelaar, and Miguel de las Cuevas.

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Among people born in 1996, Dion Cools ranks 527. Before him are Stéphen Boyer, Zhang Zhizhen, Ruka Norimatsu, Alberth Elis, Dillon Brooks, and Mayu Ikejiri. After him are Minami Tanaka, Alfonso Pedraza, Rebecca Šramková, Cansu Özbay, Larisa Iordache, and Andreas Obst.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Dion Cools ranks 88 out of 90. Before him are Shauna Macdonald (1981), Fairuz Fauzy (1982), Moyuka Uchijima (2001), Nicol David (1983), Safee Sali (1984), and Pandelela Rinong (1993). After him are Nigel Ng (1991), Shaun Maloney (1983), Ronny Chieng (1985), Siti Nordiana (1984), Yap Kim Hock (1970), and Tadashi Takeda (1986).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Malaysia

Among soccer players born in Malaysia, Dion Cools ranks 6. Before him are Soh Chin Ann (1950), Mokhtar Dahari (1953), Mohd Faiz Subri (1987), Wan Zack Haikal (1991), and Safee Sali (1984). After him are Shaun Maloney (1983), Tadashi Takeda (1986), Indra Putra Mahayuddin (1981), Aidil Zafuan (1987), and Hadi Fayyadh (2000).

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