SOCCER PLAYER

Paul Van Himst

1943 - Today

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Paul Guillaume van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Van Himst has received more than 291,969 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Van Himst is the 241st most popular soccer player (up from 245th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 171st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Paul Van Himst is most famous for being the first player to score a goal in the World Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paul Van Himst ranks 241 out of 21,273. Before him are Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Ramón Díaz, Fernando Torres, Kenji Tochio, Yochanan Vollach, and Ruud van Nistelrooy. After him are Willy van de Kerkhof, Arjen Robben, Ken Noritake, Paulino Alcántara, Francisco Varallo, and Mordechai Spiegler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Paul Van Himst ranks 93. Before him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Wolfgang Overath, Barbara Bouchet, Mario J. Molina, Fouad Siniora, and Jacques Attali. After him are George Benson, Ken Thompson, Max Wright, Oskar Lafontaine, Ri Chun-hee, and Reinaldo Arenas.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 140 out of 1,190. Before him are Auguste Perret (1874), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Bavo of Ghent (589), and Henri Michaux (1899). After him are Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Jan Matsys (1509), Charles Michel (1975), Marc Dutroux (1956), Luce Irigaray (1930), and John I, Duke of Brabant (1252).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 2. Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953). After him are Michel Preud'homme (1959), Eden Hazard (1991), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Enzo Scifo (1966), Frans Janssens (1945), Odilon Polleunis (1943), and Marc Wilmots (1969).

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