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Wes Hoolahan

1982 - Today

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Wesley Patrick Hoolahan (born 20 May 1982) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Central Midlands Alliance club Doncaster City. Hoolahan began his playing career with Shelbourne and has previously played for Livingston, Blackpool, West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle Jets, and had a 10-year stay at Norwich City. He was the subject of a contested transfer between Livingston and Blackpool in 2007, eventually requiring mediation by FIFA before he was able to sign for Blackpool. Hoolahan played more than 350 games for Norwich, where he earned the nickname "The Irish Messi" or Wessi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wes Hoolahan is the 17,333rd most popular soccer player (down from 16,552nd in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 497th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wes Hoolahan ranks 17,333 out of 21,273. Before him are Everton, Bratislav Punoševac, Ezequiel Calvente, Aarón Martín, José Fernando Cuadrado, and Jorge Salinas. After him are Andreas Linde, Wesley Saïd, Josip Elez, Jeanricner Bellegarde, Martin Vunk, and Keita Endo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Wes Hoolahan ranks 1,337. Before him are Kazuhiro Kawata, Akihiro Hyodo, Taisei Fujita, Tay Zonday, Taikai Uemoto, and Petr Koukal. After him are Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Yalçın Ayhan, Huang Sui, Benjamin Steffen, Amy Williams, and Trevor Wright.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Wes Hoolahan ranks 501 out of 549. Before him are Pádraig Harrington (1971), Mark Kinsella (1972), Art Parkinson (2001), Stephen Ward (1985), Michael Carruth (1967), and Cian O'Connor (1979). After him are Dara Ó Briain (1972), Glenn Whelan (1984), Evan Ferguson (2004), Simon Coveney (1972), Olive Loughnane (1976), and Sinéad Mulvey (1988).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Wes Hoolahan ranks 48. Before him are Mark Travers (1999), Stephen Carr (1976), Liam Miller (1981), Gavin Bazunu (2002), Mark Kinsella (1972), and Stephen Ward (1985). After him are Glenn Whelan (1984), Evan Ferguson (2004), Darren Randolph (1987), Kenny Cunningham (1971), Daryl Murphy (1983), and Darren O'Dea (1987).

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