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John O'Brien

1977 - Today

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Jonathan Patrick O'Brien (born August 29, 1977) is an American former soccer player. After retiring, he pursued a career in psychology. O'Brien was one of the first Americans to earn a starting spot with a major European team, with Ajax Amsterdam in the late 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). John O'Brien is the 12,904th most popular soccer player (down from 11,449th in 2024), the 17,801st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,918th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John O'Brien ranks 12,904 out of 21,273Before him are Tetsuharu Yamaguchi, Okay Yokuşlu, Marie-Laure Delie, William Vainqueur, Masaya Nishitani, and Naoya Kondo. After him are Luisinho, Arvydas Novikovas, Florian Kainz, Keiichiro Nakano, Hasan Kabze, and Jean-Jacques Pierre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, John O'Brien ranks 964Before him are Murad Umakhanov, Timo Schultz, Gail Kim, Yukta Mookhey, Sylviane Félix, and Tetsuharu Yamaguchi. After him are Zhang Jun, Simon Quarterman, Manabu Nakamura, Sophie Dahl, Igor Cassina, and Evgeniy Najer.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, John O'Brien ranks 96Before him are Sam Mewis (1992), Nick Rimando (1979), Julie Foudy (1971), Chris Henderson (1970), and Marcus Hahnemann (1972). After him are John Harkes (1967), Julián Araujo (2001), Mike Burns (1970), Frankie Hejduk (1974), Johnny Cardoso (2001), Luca de la Torre (1998), and Eric Eichmann (1965).