SOCCER PLAYER

Glenn Whelan

1984 - Today

Photo of Glenn Whelan

Icon of person Glenn Whelan

Glenn David Whelan (born 13 January 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He represented the Republic of Ireland national football team. He is the assistant head coach of Wigan Athletic. Whelan started his career at Manchester City but only made one appearance which came in the UEFA Cup and after a loan spell at Bury he moved on to play for Sheffield Wednesday, with whom he won promotion to the Championship in May 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Whelan is the 18,604th most popular soccer player (down from 15,832nd in 2024), the 522nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 491st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Glenn Whelan by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Glenn Whelan ranks 18,604 out of 21,273. Before him are Teresa Abelleira, Kayke Rodrigues, Nathan Dyer, Mohamed Hubail, Kosuke Uchida, and Daniel Quaye. After him are Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov, Egil Østenstad, Matthias Ostrzolek, Lee Dong-gyeong, Jonathan McKain, and Adama Ba.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Glenn Whelan ranks 1,520. Before him are Alex Smith, Tala Ashe, Clivio Piccione, Diljit Dosanjh, Grégory Bourillon, and Anna Frolina. After him are Raymond Felton, Gustavo Salgueiro de Almeida Correia, Augusto Midana, Boaz Meylink, Eddy De Lépine, and Adam D'Angelo.

Others Born in 1984

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Glenn Whelan ranks 522 out of 549. Before him are Stephen Ward (1985), Eleanor Maguire (1970), Michael Carruth (1967), Cian O'Connor (1979), Wes Hoolahan (1982), and Dara Ó Briain (1972). After him are Lyra Valkyria (1996), Evan Ferguson (2004), Simon Coveney (1972), Olive Loughnane (1976), Sinéad Mulvey (1988), and Sarah McTernan (1994).

Others born in Ireland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Glenn Whelan ranks 49. Before him are Stephen Carr (1976), Liam Miller (1981), Gavin Bazunu (2002), Mark Kinsella (1972), Stephen Ward (1985), and Wes Hoolahan (1982). After him are Evan Ferguson (2004), Darren Randolph (1987), Kenny Cunningham (1971), Daryl Murphy (1983), Darren O'Dea (1987), and Joey O'Brien (1986).

Irish born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous