COACH

Leo Beenhakker

1942 - 2025

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Leo Beenhakker (Dutch: [ˈleːjoː ˈbeːnɦɑkər]; 2 August 1942 – 10 April 2025) was a Dutch football player and coach. Nicknamed "Don Leo" for his role in Spanish football, he had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level. He led both Ajax and Feyenoord to Dutch championships and also had domestic success with Real Madrid. At international level, he led the Netherlands at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Trinidad and Tobago to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and Poland to UEFA Euro 2008, the latter two being firsts for both nations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Beenhakker has received more than 466,314 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Leo Beenhakker is the 37th most popular coach (down from 36th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 99th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Coach.

Leo Beenhakker is most famous for coaching top clubs like Real Madrid and Ajax, as well as leading national teams including the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Poland. He gained international acclaim by guiding Trinidad and Tobago to their first-ever World Cup in 2006.

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  • 69.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Leo Beenhakker ranks 37 out of 471. Before him are Otto Rehhagel, Diego Simeone, Fatih Terim, Hans-Dieter Flick, Michael Laudrup, and Marcelo Bielsa. After him are Ottmar Hitzfeld, Miroslav Blažević, Luciano Spalletti, Maurizio Sarri, Manuel Pellegrini, and Jean-Pierre Papin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Leo Beenhakker ranks 53. Before him are Wen Jiabao, Wolfgang Schäuble, Giancarlo Giannini, Walter Hill, George Vella, and Věra Čáslavská. After him are Manuel Castells, Arto Paasilinna, Françoise Dorléac, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Michael Bloomberg, and Caetano Veloso. Among people deceased in 2025, Leo Beenhakker ranks 15. Before him are Horst Köhler, George Foreman, Aga Khan IV, Val Kilmer, Richard Chamberlain, and Denis Law. After him are Sofia Gubaidulina, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Ágnes Keleti, Roberta Flack, Joan Plowright, and Khamtai Siphandon.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Leo Beenhakker ranks 102 out of 1,646. Before him are Geert Wilders (1963), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Carel Fabritius (1622), Joris Ivens (1898), and Norbert of Xanten (1080). After him are Multatuli (1820), Herman Boerhaave (1668), Jacobus Arminius (1560), Kees van Dongen (1877), Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), and Jan van Goyen (1596).

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Among COACHES In Netherlands

Among coaches born in Netherlands, Leo Beenhakker ranks 8. Before him are Marco van Basten (1964), Guus Hiddink (1946), Rinus Michels (1928), Frank Rijkaard (1962), Ronald Koeman (1963), and Dick Advocaat (1947). After him are Bert van Marwijk (1952), Huub Stevens (1953), Pim Verbeek (1956), Co Adriaanse (1947), Wim Rijsbergen (1952), and Henk ten Cate (1954).

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