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Dirk Kuyt

1980 - Today

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Dirk Kuijt (anglicised to Kuyt, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)ˈkœyt] ; born 22 July 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager of Challenger Pro League club Beerschot, guiding them to promotion to the Belgian top flight at the first attempt. Originally starting out as a striker, he played much of his career as a winger. Kuyt began his professional career with Utrecht in 1998 and quickly became part of its first team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Kuyt has received more than 2,596,694 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Dirk Kuyt is the 970th most popular soccer player (down from 862nd in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 378th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 62

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  • 8.88

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  • 3.64

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dirk Kuyt ranks 970 out of 16,880. Before him are Takeshi Kamo, Daniel Bertoni, Márton Bukovi, Roger Piantoni, Aleksandar Tirnanić, and Douglas Costa. After him are Sandro Puppo, Josep Maria Fusté, Svatopluk Pluskal, Mohamed Salah, Dino Baggio, and Hugo Lloris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Dirk Kuyt ranks 24. Before him are Zaz, The Miz, Charlie Hunnam, Sibel Kekilli, Gisele Bündchen, and Florent Malouda. After him are Marat Safin, Marit Bjørgen, Michelle Williams, Cansu Dere, Esteban Cambiasso, and Yao Ming.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Kuyt ranks 451 out of 1,427. Before him are Salomon de Bray (1597), Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637), Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Rinus Israël (1942), and Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619). After him are Eduard van Beinum (1900), Jan Luyken (1649), Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), and Floor Jansen (1981).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Dirk Kuyt ranks 42. Before him are Faas Wilkes (1923), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Ronald de Boer (1970), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Ruud Geels (1948), and Rinus Israël (1942). After him are Virgil van Dijk (1991), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Dick Nanninga (1949), Erik ten Hag (1970), Dick van Dijk (1946), and Roy Makaay (1975).

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