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Jean-Marie Pfaff

1953 - Today

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Jean-Marie Pfaff (born 4 December 1953) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Pfaff was named goalkeeper of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and he was the first player to receive the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Pfaff is the 157th most popular soccer player (down from 119th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Jean-Marie Pfaff is most famous for his contributions to the field of molecular biology, specifically his work on the study of DNA and RNA.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 157 out of 21,273. Before him are Usaburo Hidaka, Leônidas, Davor Šuker, Hiroaki Sato, Andy Cole, and Alessandro Del Piero. After him are Oldřich Nejedlý, Hernán Crespo, Zoltán Czibor, Luigi Riva, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Héctor Scarone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 42. Before him are Daniel Passarella, Peter Stormare, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Carlos Queiroz, Guy Verhofstadt, and Toomas Hendrik Ilves. After him are Paul Allen, Malcolm Young, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, and James Horner.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 113 out of 1,190. Before him are Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Karel van Mander (1548), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Justus Lipsius (1547), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), and Peyo (1928). After him are Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Félicien Rops (1833), Leo Baekeland (1863), Henri Pirenne (1862), and Ferdinand Verbiest (1623).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 1. After him are Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Eden Hazard (1991), Vincent Kompany (1986), Enzo Scifo (1966), Romelu Lukaku (1993), and Bernard Voorhoof (1910).

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