Alex Rufer

New Zealand footballer
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Summary

Alex Rufer was born on June 12, 1996[1], in Wellington[2]. He has worked as an association football player[3]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (693 views/month, #7,241 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: New Zealand[5]
  • Educated at: Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School[6]
  • Sex or gender: male[7]
  • Member of sports team: Wellington Phoenix FC[8], Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves[9], New Zealand men's national football team[10]
  • Commons category: Alex Rufer[11]
  • Position played on team / speciality: midfielder[12]
  • Sport: association football[13]
  • Family name: Rufer[14]
  • Given name: Alex[15]
  • Participant in: 2026 FIFA World Cup[16]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[17]
  • Country for sport: New Zealand[18]
  • Sport number: 14[19]
  • Start of work period: 2013[20]
  • Height: 184 cm[21]
  • Mass: 75 kg[22]

Why It Matters

Alex Rufer has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

Where was Alex Rufer born?

Alex Rufer's place of birth was Wellington[2].

What did Alex Rufer do for work?

Alex Rufer worked as an association football player[3].

Where did Alex Rufer go to school?

Alex Rufer was educated at Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 21
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'id', 'it', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/60074|batch #60074]]: Import descriptions from dewiki"
  2. 28d ago · Canley · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New zealand olympic committee athlete id → alex-rufer
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ New zealand olympic committee athlete id: alex-rufer, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323321626|Alex Rufer (#323321626)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8"
  3. 4w ago · Roger.ec1 · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Besoccer player id → 196499
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Besoccer player id: 196499, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273812|batch #273812]]"
  4. 6w ago · JaumeBG · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Alex Rufer
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Alex Rufer"
  5. 18w ago · Tuxfux · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country for sport → New Zealand
    Instance of → —
    Family name → Rufer
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Participant in: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Fifa Worldcup 2026 participations to players ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a0ece00233c|details]])"
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