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Yıldıray Baştürk

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Yıldıray Baştürk (Turkish pronunciation: [jɯɫˈdɯˈɾaj baʃˈtyɾk], born 24 December 1978) is a retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Germany, he was capped 49 times for the Turkey national football team, representing the team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place. In the same year he also appeared for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final. Baştürk also played for Wattenscheid 09, VfL Bochum, Hertha BSC, VfB Stuttgart and English club Blackburn Rovers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yıldıray Baştürk is the 4,032nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,186th in 2019), the 5,058th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,776th in 2019) and the 264th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yıldıray Baştürk ranks 4,032 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Vela, Federico Wilde, Igor Dobrovolski, Dennis Rommedahl, Juanito, and Vicente Piera. After him are Ian Botham, Yuji Sakakura, Ivan Jazbinšek, Isidoro Díaz, Koki Negi, and Seiichi Negishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yıldıray Baştürk ranks 153. Before him are Gastón Gaudio, A. J. Cook, Nick Wechsler, Topher Grace, Dennis Rommedahl, and Madeline Miller. After him are Lenka, CM Punk, Kim Ha-neul, Masakazu Senuma, Emerson Sheik, and Dominic Cooper.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Yıldıray Baştürk ranks 5,061 out of 7,253. Before him are Kevin Trapp (1990), Andrea Pollack (1961), Walter Jens (1923), Norbert Walter-Borjans (1952), Eduard David (1863), and Marina Lewycka (1946). After him are Wolfgang Krull (1899), Günter de Bruyn (1926), Gorch Fock (1880), Dana Wynter (1931), Robert Hausmann (1852), and Hermann Hansen (1912).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Yıldıray Baştürk ranks 264. Before him are Dieter Hecking (1964), Konrad Weise (1951), Leo Wilden (1936), Hermann Nuber (1935), Jens Nowotny (1974), and Kevin Trapp (1990). After him are Michael Bella (1945), Bernd Franke (1948), Halil Altıntop (1982), Wolfgang Seguin (1945), Uli Stein (1954), and Friedhelm Funkel (1953).

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