SOCCER PLAYER

Eudy Simelane

1977 - 2008

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Eudy Simelane (11 March 1977 – 28 April 2008) was a South African footballer who played for the South African national team and was an LGBT rights activist. She was one of the first lesbian women to live openly in KwaThema, Springs, Gauteng. Because of this, she was murdered on April 28, 2008. Eudy Simelane died at the age of 31. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Eudy Simelane is the 10,294th most popular soccer player (down from 9,443rd in 2024), the 301st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 296th in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eudy Simelane ranks 10,294 out of 21,273. Before her are Francisco Javier Cruz, Hisataka Fujikawa, Cristiano Biraghi, Gabriel Obertan, Ellyes Skhiri, and Alex Alves. After her are Toshiyuki Kosugi, Elif Elmas, Caroline Seger, Nelson Cuevas, Tsanko Tsvetanov, and Kieron Dyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Eudy Simelane ranks 666. Before her are Marco Buschmann, Alicilio Pinto Silva Junior, Jeff Coetzee, Hiroki Hasegawa, Márton Gyöngyösi, and Rui Silva. After her are Sergei Udaltsov, Bernardo Romeo, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, Tom Cotton, Raphaël Wicky, and David Thompson. Among people deceased in 2008, Eudy Simelane ranks 404. Before her are Thomas Dörflein, François Sterchele, György Kolonics, Karen Asrian, G. David Low, and Gidget Gein. After her are Horst Skoff, Alfredo Reinado, Bill Brown, Adam Ledwoń, Tony Snow, and Stephen Kipkorir.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Eudy Simelane ranks 301 out of 454. Before her are Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (1995), Neil Turok (1958), Péter Nagy (null), Cliff Simon (1962), Jeff Coetzee (1977), and Chanelle Scheepers (1984). After her are Nick Price (1957), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Jonathan Liebesman (1976), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Hector Pieterson (1963), and Kumi Naidoo (1965).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Eudy Simelane ranks 18. Before her are Aaron Mokoena (1980), Quinton Fortune (1977), John Moshoeu (1965), Pierre Issa (1975), Matthew Booth (1977), and Anele Ngcongca (1987). After her are Sibusiso Zuma (1975), Doctor Khumalo (1967), Elias Charalambous (1980), Katlego Mphela (1984), Shaun Bartlett (1972), and Sean Dundee (1972).

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