1973 - Today
Björn Kuipers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbjʏrəŋ ˈkœypərs; ˈbjʏrn -]; born 28 March 1973) is a former Dutch football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee from 2006 to 2021 and an UEFA Elite group referee from 2009 to 2021. He was assisted during international matches by Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Björn Kuipers has received more than 640,551 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Björn Kuipers is the 5th most popular referee (up from 13th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 556th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Referee.
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Among referees, Björn Kuipers ranks 5 out of 107. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Sándor Puhl, Ivan Eklind, and Cüneyt Çakır. After him are Romualdo Arppi Filho, Markus Merk, Felix Brych, Said Belqola, Horacio Elizondo, Howard Webb, and Nicolae Rainea.
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1
1955 - 2021
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 2
1905 - 1981
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 4
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 5
1939 - 2023
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 8
1956 - 2002
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 9
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 10
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 11
1933 - 2015
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1973, Björn Kuipers ranks 97. Before him are Semmy Schilt, Ichiro Suzuki, Sean Paul, Yorgos Lanthimos, Gabriela Spanic, and Verka Serduchka. After him are Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Asia Carrera, Tyra Banks, Brendan Rodgers, Tadanobu Asano, and Michael Reiziger.
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 91
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 92
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 93
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 94
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 95
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 96
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 97
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 98
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 99
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 100
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 101
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 102
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 103
Among people born in Netherlands, Björn Kuipers ranks 541 out of 1,427. Before him are Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Badr Hari (1984), Theo de Jong (1947), Jan Wolkers (1925), and Peter Aerts (1970). After him are Bertus Aafjes (1914), Richard Witschge (1969), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), George Knobel (1922), Hakim Ziyech (1993), and Derek de Lint (1950).
1884 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 535
1870 - 1960
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 536
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 537
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 538
1925 - 2007
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 539
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 540
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 541
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 542
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 543
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 544
1922 - 2012
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 545
1993 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 546
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 547
Among referees born in Netherlands, Björn Kuipers ranks 1. After him are Pieter Vink (1967).