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Dick van Dijk

1946 - 1997

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Dirk Wouter Johannes "Dick" van Dijk (15 February 1946 – 8 July 1997) was a Dutch professional footballer who played for FC Twente and Ajax Amsterdam. He was a member of Ajax's European Cup victory in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick van Dijk has received more than 124,227 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick van Dijk is the 1,155th most popular soccer player (down from 993rd in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 420th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 50.95

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

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  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dick van Dijk ranks 1,155 out of 16,880Before him are Majed Abdullah, Juan Carlos González, Albert Batteux, Pietro Serantoni, Răzvan Lucescu, and Gianni De Biasi. After him are Lippo Hertzka, José Mari Bakero, Raymond Braine, Xherdan Shaqiri, Seiichi Sakiya, and Karl Koller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dick van Dijk ranks 276Before him are Mireya Moscoso, William Thurston, Jeff Wall, Zülfü Livaneli, Zhang Dejiang, and Michael Green. After him are George Duke, Paul Davies, Dan O'Bannon, Johnson Toribiong, John Spencer, and Moritz Leuenberger. Among people deceased in 1997, Dick van Dijk ranks 134Before him are Ella Maillart, Brian Keith, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Francisco Aramburu, William Martínez, and Joan Coromines. After him are Kang Song-san, Brian Connolly, Ziya Bunyadov, Heikki A. Alikoski, Aurelio González, and Georges Marchal.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dick van Dijk ranks 495 out of 1,427Before him are Erik ten Hag (1970), Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Jan Mostaert (1475), Hannie Schaft (1920), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), and Dirck Coornhert (1522). After him are George Baker (1944), Henri Nouwen (1932), Gijs van Lennep (1942), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), Wiel Coerver (1924), and Carice van Houten (1976).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Dick van Dijk ranks 47Before him are Rinus Israël (1942), Dirk Kuyt (1980), Virgil van Dijk (1991), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Dick Nanninga (1949), and Erik ten Hag (1970). After him are Roy Makaay (1975), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Piet Schrijvers (1946), Georginio Wijnaldum (1990), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), and Theo de Jong (1947).