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Zoltán Gera

1979 - Today

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Zoltán Gera (born 22 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Fulham, Pécsi Mecsek and Harkány SE, as well as enjoying two spells at Ferencváros and West Bromwich Albion. Gera is known for his overhead-kick goals and his cartwheel to back-flip celebration, which he demonstrated in Fulham's Europa League quarter-final win against Juventus in 2010. He was named Hungarian Player of the Year in 2002, 2004 and 2005. For his efforts in the 2009–10 season and his goals in the Europa League, Gera was named Fulham's Player of the Season. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Zoltán Gera is the 6,711th most popular soccer player (down from 6,025th in 2024), the 835th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 798th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zoltán Gera ranks 6,712 out of 21,273. Before him are Dumitru Stângaciu, Alexei Guryshev, Mio Otani, Jérôme Rothen, Willington Ortiz, Sergio Rico, and Toru Yoshida. After him are Alfred Nijhuis, Kim Tae-young, Jaime Duarte, Erjon Bogdani, and Masayoshi Takayanagi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Zoltán Gera ranks 317. Before him are Takeshi Saito, Antoaneta Stefanova, Giorgio Pantano, Irina Slutskaya, Mio Otani, and Raymond Lam. After him are Emin Agalarov, Vincent Kartheiser, Adrian Zandberg, Iryna Vereshchuk, Fabián Carini, and Ryohei Nishiwaki.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Gera ranks 835 out of 1,077. Before him are Tamás Wichmann (1948), Marina Aleksandrova (1982), Norbert Növényi (1957), Tamás Faragó (1952), Mihály Hesz (1943), and Zsolt Semjén (1962). After him are István Timár (1940), Katinka Hosszú (1989), Tamás Darnyi (1967), Ilona Massey (1910), Zsolt Baumgartner (1981), and György Nébald (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Zoltán Gera ranks 117. Before him are András Törőcsik (1955), Ádám Szalai (1987), Mihály Kozma (1949), József Kiprich (1963), Attila Abonyi (1946), and Imre Garaba (1958). After him are Gábor Pölöskei (1960), Zsolt Lőw (1979), Kálmán Kovács (1965), Roland Sallai (1997), Roland Juhász (1983), and Tamás Hajnal (1981).

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