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Mehmet Topal

1986 - Today

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Mehmet Topal (born 3 March 1986) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. A defensive midfielder, he was nicknamed Örümcek (Turkish: Spider) for his ability to use his long legs to win loose balls or cut passes. Topal started his senior career at Dardanelspor, and went on to represent Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, İstanbul Başakşehir, and Beşiktaş, respectively, totalling seven major trophies in his native country. He also had a two-year spell with Spanish team Valencia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmet Topal is the 6,311th most popular soccer player (down from 6,206th in 2024), the 1,274th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,296th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Turkish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mehmet Topal ranks 6,311 out of 21,273. Before him are Antonio López, Kerem Demirbay, Arturo Vázquez, Edson Braafheid, Paul McShane, and Alfonso Silva. After him are Oleg Pashinin, Kieran Trippier, Sander Westerveld, Yussuf Poulsen, Ryo Kanazawa, and Bernd Nickel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Mehmet Topal ranks 231. Before him are Im Dong-hyun, Yugo Iiyama, Pablo Armero, Go Nakamura, Neville, and Paul McShane. After him are Moussa Sow, Xavier Woods, Johan Vonlanthen, Petr Jiráček, Loukas Giorkas, and Wyatt Russell.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmet Topal ranks 1,274 out of 1,347. Before him are Arthur Edmund Carewe (1884), Asuman Baytop (1920), Zehra Güneş (1999), Cengiz Ünder (1997), Burcu Özberk (1989), and Aykut Kocaman (1965). After him are Mehmet Kurtuluş (1972), Berat Albayrak (1978), Nilüfer (1955), Aristidis Akratopoulos (1900), Kamil Tolon (1912), and Afra Saraçoğlu (1997).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Türkiye

Among soccer players born in Türkiye, Mehmet Topal ranks 37. Before him are Çetin Zeybek (1932), Volkan Demirel (1981), Merih Demiral (1998), Ahmet Berman (1932), Cengiz Ünder (1997), and Aykut Kocaman (1965). After him are Ersun Yanal (1961), Ertuğrul Sağlam (1969), Yusuf Yazıcı (1997), Fatih Tekke (1977), Arif Erdem (1972), and Gökdeniz Karadeniz (1980).

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