SOCCER PLAYER

Per Mertesacker

1984 - Today

Photo of Per Mertesacker

Icon of person Per Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːɐ̯ ˈmɛɐ̯təsʔakɐ]; born 29 September 1984) is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of the Arsenal Academy. Mertesacker began his senior career after being promoted from the youth ranks at Bundesliga club Hannover 96, making his senior league debut in November 2003. He was soon dubbed "the Defence Pole" ("die Abwehrlatte") by German tabloids, and gained a reputation for his exceptional disciplinary record, going 31 league games without being booked. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Per Mertesacker is the 1,877th most popular soccer player (up from 1,923rd in 2019), the 3,885th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,940th in 2019) and the 128th most popular German Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Per Mertesacker by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Per Mertesacker ranks 1,877 out of 21,273. Before him are Paul Cook, Reino Börjesson, Vlastimil Bubník, Vladimír Šmicer, Giancarlo De Sisti, and Amílcar Barbuy. After him are Jamie Carragher, Victor Pițurcă, Julian Draxler, Stéphane Chapuisat, Uwe Bein, and José Ramos Delgado.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Per Mertesacker ranks 47. Before him are Santi Cazorla, Indila, Gaspard Ulliel, Olivia Wilde, Nigel de Jong, and Lindsey Vonn. After him are JJ Redick, Gina Rodriguez, Eliud Kipchoge, Katharine McPhee, Maxi López, and Lena Katina.

Others Born in 1984

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Per Mertesacker ranks 3,887 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902), Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1655), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), and Erich Marcks (1891). After him are Julian Draxler (1993), Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708), Jean Dufresne (1829), Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852), Walter Noddack (1893), and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1700).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Per Mertesacker ranks 128. Before him are Bernard Dietz (1948), Reinhard Libuda (1943), Willy Busch (1907), Erich Juskowiak (1926), Bernd Schneider (1973), and Eberhard Vogel (1943). After him are Julian Draxler (1993), Uwe Bein (1960), Paul Mebus (1920), André Schürrle (1990), Joshua Kimmich (1995), and Albert Brülls (1937).

German born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous