SOCCER PLAYER

Phil O'Donnell

1972 - 2007

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Philip O'Donnell (25 March 1972 – 29 December 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Motherwell, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday. He also earned one international cap for Scotland and twice won the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award. He died after suffering cardiac arrest while playing for Motherwell against Dundee United on 29 December 2007, aged 35. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Phil O'Donnell is the 8,842nd most popular soccer player (down from 7,012th in 2024), the 6,642nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,014th in 2019) and the 512th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Phil O'Donnell ranks 8,842 out of 21,273. Before him are Kornel Saláta, Lucian Sânmărtean, Ioannis Okkas, Germán Lux, Egidio Arévalo Ríos, and Giannis Maniatis. After him are Albeiro Usuriaga, John Paintsil, Heidi Mohr, Marek Ostrowski, Emiliano Moretti, and Gilberto Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Phil O'Donnell ranks 737. Before him are Anders Aukland, Xavier Giannoli, Dylan Bruno, Jozef Stümpel, Sara Stridsberg, and Søren Colding. After him are Rayveness, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Gabriel Garko, Nani Roma, Iztok Čop, and Mauricio Solís. Among people deceased in 2007, Phil O'Donnell ranks 419. Before him are John Inman, Laurie Bartram, Jack Valenti, Moira Lister, Ian Porterfield, and Cyprian Ekwensi. After him are Jeroen Boere, Charles Nelson Reilly, Maria Cioncan, Diego Corrales, Seung-Hui Cho, and Barbara McNair.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Phil O'Donnell ranks 6,644 out of 8,785. Before him are Dan Wheldon (1978), Sheila Sherwood (1945), Jack Hendry (1995), Samantha Bentley (1987), Tom Robinson (1950), and Ruth Gemmell (1967). After him are Lee Ryan (1983), Nikki Cross (1989), Marc Wilson (1987), Kristian Nairn (1975), Barry Hawkins (1979), and Richard Coyle (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Phil O'Donnell ranks 512. Before him are Bertie Auld (1938), Ray Parlour (1973), Peter Sillett (1933), Gary Pallister (1965), Dalian Atkinson (1968), and Jack Hendry (1995). After him are Marc Wilson (1987), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), Shay Brennan (1937), Fraser Forster (1988), Lee Carsley (1974), and Tom Heaton (1986).

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