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Dirk Kuyt

1980 - Today

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Kuyt has received more than 2,786,316 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Dirk Kuyt is the 783rd most popular soccer player (up from 970th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 450th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 61.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dirk Kuyt ranks 783 out of 21,273. Before him are Shogo Kamo, Odilon Polleunis, Stefan Kuntz, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Luis Artime, and Gian Piero Gasperini. After him are Karol Dobiaš, Alejandro Scopelli, Rafael van der Vaart, Dixie Dean, Kazuhisa Kono, and Klaus Allofs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Dirk Kuyt ranks 15. Before him are Steven Gerrard, Christina Aguilera, Venus Williams, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Chris Pine, and Channing Tatum. After him are Zaz, Florent Malouda, Gisele Bündchen, The Miz, Cansu Dere, and Christina Ricci.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Kuyt ranks 354 out of 1,646. Before him are Titus Brandsma (1881), Tom Okker (1944), Isaac Israëls (1865), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Hercules Seghers (1589), and Leonaert Bramer (1596). After him are John de Mol Jr. (1955), Jacob Cats (1577), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), and Kea Bouman (1903).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Dirk Kuyt ranks 35. Before him are Piet Schrijvers (1946), Roy Makaay (1975), Phillip Cocu (1970), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Aad de Mos (1947), and Hans van Breukelen (1956). After him are Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), Jaap Stam (1972), Bennie Muller (1938), and Marc Overmars (1973).

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