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Ryan Babel

1986 - Today

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Ryan Guno Babel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɑiɑm ˈbaːbəl]; born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Babel began his career at Ajax in 1997, working his way up through the youth team and into the senior squad. He played three seasons for the first team before he was transferred to Liverpool in mid-2007, where under three successive managers he failed to secure a regular first team position. Babel was sold to 1899 Hoffenheim in January 2011, for a sum around half of that which Liverpool paid for him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2024). Ryan Babel is the 3,850th most popular soccer player (down from 3,513th in 2024), the 823rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 821st in 2019) and the 106th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ryan Babel ranks 3,850 out of 21,273. Before him are Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Milorad Arsenijević, Horacio Casarín, Jia Xiuquan, Rüdiger Schnuphase, and Luis Milla. After him are Ariel Nogueira, Erik Granfelt, Marko Marin, Besnik Hasi, Alfredo Zibechi, and Ján Čapkovič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Ryan Babel ranks 104. Before him are Michu, Raúl García, Teresa Palmer, Lucas Biglia, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Ezequiel Garay. After him are Jessica Ennis-Hill, James Milner, Gemma Arterton, Francis Ngannou, Choi Jin-hyuk, and Kat Dennings.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ryan Babel ranks 823 out of 1,646. Before him are Bas van Fraassen (1941), John van Loen (1965), Berry van Aerle (1962), Ronald Brautigam (1954), Janine Jansen (1978), and Wim van der Voort (1923). After him are Charles Pahud de Mortanges (1896), Jan van Beveren (1948), Adrie van Kraay (1953), Antonius van den Broek (1870), Renée Soutendijk (1957), and Jopie Selbach (1918).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ryan Babel ranks 106. Before him are Eddy Pieters Graafland (1934), Johan Boskamp (1948), John Heitinga (1983), Royston Drenthe (1987), John van Loen (1965), and Berry van Aerle (1962). After him are Jan van Beveren (1948), Adrie van Kraay (1953), Dean Huijsen (2005), Matthijs de Ligt (1999), Gejus van der Meulen (1903), and Arie Schans (1952).

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