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Jaap Stam

1972 - Today

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Jakob "Jaap" Stam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjaːp ˈstɑm]; born 17 July 1972) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaap Stam has received more than 3,157,812 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Jaap Stam is the 533rd most popular soccer player (up from 633rd in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 55.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jaap Stam ranks 533 out of 16,880Before him are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Włodzimierz Lubański, Andrés Escobar, Saizo Saito, Stefan Kuntz, and Herbert Wimmer. After him are Hans-Peter Briegel, Marc Overmars, Nevio Scala, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, José Manuel Moreno, and Rabah Madjer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Jaap Stam ranks 37Before him are Sofía Vergara, Jean Dujardin, Anggun, Gabriel Macht, Alyssa Milano, and Josh Duhamel. After him are Karl Urban, Lee Jung-jae, Dita Von Teese, Robin Tunney, Toto Wolff, and Sung Kang.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap Stam ranks 288 out of 1,427Before him are Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Frank de Boer (1970), Esaias van de Velde (1587), and Jan van Huysum (1682). After him are Marc Overmars (1973), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Joop den Uyl (1919), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Jan Janssen (1940), and Arend Lijphart (1936).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Jaap Stam ranks 25Before him are Robin van Persie (1983), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Wim Suurbier (1945), Abe Lenstra (1920), Willem van Hanegem (1944), and Frank de Boer (1970). After him are Marc Overmars (1973), Danny Blind (1961), Sjaak Swart (1938), Mark van Bommel (1977), Phillip Cocu (1970), and Jordi Cruyff (1974).