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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

1983 - Today

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Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar, known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌklaːˌʃɑn ˈɦʏntəlaːr] ; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Huntelaar played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and AC Milan, before joining Schalke 04 in August 2010, for whom he was the top goalscorer in the 2011–12 Bundesliga with 29 league goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has received more than 3,538,975 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is the 839th most popular soccer player (down from 678th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 345th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 65

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  • 10.58

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  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ranks 839 out of 21,273. Before him are Kenzo Ohashi, Ferenc Plattkó, Djalminha, Alberto Festa, Claude Makélélé, and Lucien Muller. After him are Pepe Reina, Trifon Ivanov, Yoshinobu Ishii, Jørgen Juve, Friedrich Koncilia, and Michael Rummenigge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ranks 23. Before him are Andrew Garfield, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Daniele De Rossi, Felipe Melo, Rafael van der Vaart, and Mila Kunis. After him are Mélanie Laurent, José Antonio Reyes, Álvaro Arbeloa, Meryem Uzerli, Mika, and Claudio Bravo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ranks 375 out of 1,646. Before him are Cristina Deutekom (1931), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Jos Verstappen (1972), Albert van Ouwater (1415), and Hendrick de Keyser (1565). After him are Jaap Stam (1972), Bennie Muller (1938), Aagje Deken (1741), Hendrik Casimir (1909), Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927), and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ranks 38. Before him are Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Aad de Mos (1947), Hans van Breukelen (1956), Dirk Kuyt (1980), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), and Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975). After him are Jaap Stam (1972), Bennie Muller (1938), Marc Overmars (1973), Sjaak Swart (1938), Faas Wilkes (1923), and Theo de Jong (1947).

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