SOCCER PLAYER

Ray Wilkins

1956 - 2018

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Raymond Colin Wilkins (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach. Born into a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career at Chelsea, where he was appointed captain at the age of 18, and later played for clubs including Manchester United, AC Milan, Queens Park Rangers and Rangers. He won 84 caps for the England national football team from 1976 to 1986, playing at UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Wilkins is the 4,426th most popular soccer player (down from 3,259th in 2019), the 4,673rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,861st in 2019) and the 245th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ray Wilkins ranks 4,426 out of 21,273. Before him are Gregory van der Wiel, Georgios Samaras, Ramón Abeledo, Filip De Wilde, Ever Palacios, and Nordin Amrabat. After him are Boujemaa Benkhrif, Héctor Freschi, Luke Young, Vedad Ibišević, Boško Simonović, and Juan Carlos Sarnari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ray Wilkins ranks 431. Before him are Carlos Roberto Gallo, Ha Jin, Lee Ranaldo, Chloe Webb, Rashid Nurgaliyev, and Zehava Gal-On. After him are Henriette Reker, Patricia Davies, Sharon Mitchell, Lisa Eilbacher, Dag Otto Lauritzen, and Wendy Crewson. Among people deceased in 2018, Ray Wilkins ranks 438. Before him are Mac Miller, Yvonne Blake, Jürgen Marcus, Brigitte Ahrenholz, Branislav Pokrajac, and Daniel Akaka. After him are Muhibbe Darga, Alfred W. Crosby, Wilhelm Genazino, Mary Carlisle, Ricky Jay, and William Blum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Wilkins ranks 4,674 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh Hopper (1945), Maud Gonne (1866), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), Miriam Rothschild (1908), and Amira Casar (1971). After him are Ed Stafford (1975), Dev Patel (1990), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Luke Young (1979), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), and Stanley Holloway (1890).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ray Wilkins ranks 245. Before him are Gordon Strachan (1957), Jack Grealish (1995), Callum Wilson (1992), Cliff Bastin (1912), Conor Gallagher (2000), and Gareth Barry (1981). After him are Luke Young (1979), David O'Leary (1958), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Stan Mortensen (1921), Harry Stafford (1869), and Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000).

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