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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. Regarded as Anderlecht's ultimate club icon, Van Himst holds the record of four Belgian Golden Shoe awards and was named best "Belgian footballer of the twentieth century". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Van Himst is the 420th most popular soccer player (down from 241st in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 140th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paul Van Himst ranks 420 out of 21,273. Before him are Michel Preud'homme, Koji Sasaki, Shizuo Miyama, Jens Lehmann, Jorge Solari, and László Bölöni. After him are Valentino Mazzola, Toni Kroos, Aimé Jacquet, Gerardo Martino, Ricardo Quaresma, and Alessandro Nesta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Paul Van Himst ranks 119. Before him are Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Conchata Ferrell, Akinori Nakayama, Otoya Yamaguchi, Grover Washington Jr., and Eric Idle. After him are Michael Spence, Stanley Fischer, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Max Wright, Fouad Siniora, and Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 183 out of 1,190. Before him are Maerten de Vos (1532), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Paul Otlet (1868), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), and Michel Preud'homme (1959). After him are Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Juliana of Liège (1193), and Constantin Meunier (1831).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), and Michel Preud'homme (1959). After him are Jan Ceulemans (1957), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Eden Hazard (1991), Vincent Kompany (1986), Enzo Scifo (1966), Romelu Lukaku (1993), and Bernard Voorhoof (1910).

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