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Leighton Baines

1984 - Today

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Leighton John Baines (born 11 December 1984) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a left-back. He is the assistant manager of Premier League club Everton. Baines started his career with Wigan Athletic, and was part of the team that won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 League Cup final. He joined Everton in 2007, helping them reach the 2009 FA Cup final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia. Leighton Baines is the 8,189th most popular soccer player (down from 7,781st in 2024), the 6,477th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,282nd in 2019) and the 469th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leighton Baines ranks 8,189 out of 21,273. Before him are Valerio Fiori, Guillaume Hoarau, Shugo Nishikawa, Paco Llorente, Shinsuke Shimabukuro, and Heimir Hallgrímsson. After him are Sandro Ramírez, Norberto Scoponi, Rade Krunić, Charles Aránguiz, Jiří Jarošík, and Ján Ďurica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Leighton Baines ranks 354. Before him are Passenger, Lydia Hearst, Ryan Taylor, Amir Haddad, Naoko Yamada, and Guillaume Hoarau. After him are Niki Terpstra, Alessio Figalli, Marc-André Fleury, Daigo Imai, Neil Harbisson, and Sasha Cohen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leighton Baines ranks 6,479 out of 8,785. Before him are William Hart (1823), Bryan Douglas (1934), John Lloyd (1954), Tiff Needell (1951), Ben Miles (1966), and Eoin MacNeill (1867). After him are Kate Mosse (1961), Tommy Hutchison (1947), Alastair Sim (1900), Michelle Gomez (1966), Jennifer Kendal (1934), and Ian Porterfield (1946).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Leighton Baines ranks 469. Before him are Sammy Lee (1959), Mike Doyle (1946), Joe Corrigan (1948), Ryan Taylor (1984), Michail Antonio (1990), and Bryan Douglas (1934). After him are Tommy Hutchison (1947), Ian Porterfield (1946), Tom Lockyer (1994), Danny McGrain (1950), Bobby Lennox (1943), and Dominic Solanke (1997).

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