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 different languages on Wikipedia. Phil O'Donnell is the 8,771st most popular soccer player (down from 7,012th in 2019), the 6,615th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,015th in 2019) and the 512th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Phil O'Donnell ranks 8,771 out of 21,273Before 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 680Before him are Anders Aukland, Xavier Giannoli, Dylan Bruno, Jozef Stümpel, Sara Stridsberg, and Søren Colding. After him are Jean-Jacques Tizié, Gabriel Garko, Iztok Čop, Mauricio Solís, Yermakhan Ibraimov, and Mariana Sadovska. Among people deceased in 2007, Phil O'Donnell ranks 418Before 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 6,617 out of 8,785Before him are Dalian Atkinson (1968), Dan Wheldon (1978), Sheila Sherwood (1945), Jack Hendry (1995), Samantha Bentley (1987), and Tom Robinson (1950). After him are Lee Ryan (1983), Nikki Cross (1989), Marc Wilson (1987), Kristian Nairn (1975), Barry Hawkins (1979), and Richard Coyle (1974).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Phil O'Donnell ranks 512Before 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).