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Dries Mertens

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Dries "Ciro" Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [dris ˈmɛrtəns]; born 6 May 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger. As a youth, Mertens played for Stade Leuven, Anderlecht and Gent, and made his debut on loan to Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian Third Division. In 2006, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn, where he spent three years before a €600,000 move to Utrecht of the Eredivisie. Two years later, Mertens and teammate Kevin Strootman were transferred to PSV Eindhoven for a combined fee of €13 million, and won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dries Mertens is the 1,306th most popular soccer player (down from 1,120th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 400th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dries Mertens ranks 1,306 out of 21,273. Before him are Amedeo Amadei, Erik Nilsson, Massimo Bonini, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Dragan Holcer, and Kenzo Yokoyama. After him are César Sampaio, Hiroshi Yoshida, Jørgen Juve, Yvon Douis, Emil Kostadinov, and Ivica Vastić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Dries Mertens ranks 38. Before him are Andy Murray, Leonardo Bonucci, Julian Nagelsmann, Bray Wyatt, Jamie Vardy, and Ana Ivanovic. After him are Oleksandr Usyk, Tom Felton, Ji Chang-wook, Alex Pereira, Kevin-Prince Boateng, and Asmir Begović.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Dries Mertens ranks 422 out of 1,190. Before him are Hucbald (840), Didier Reynders (1958), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Lucien Buysse (1892), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), and Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922). After him are Arthur De Greef (1862), Jean Stas (1813), Peter Benoit (1834), Raoul Lambert (1944), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Dries Mertens ranks 19. Before him are Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Franky Van der Elst (1961), Marc Wilmots (1969), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), and Jean-Marc Bosman (1964). After him are Raoul Lambert (1944), Raymond Braine (1907), Jacques Moeschal (1900), André Vandewyer (1909), Radja Nainggolan (1988), and Frans Janssens (1945).

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