1943 - Today
Paul 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Van Himst has received more than 260,791 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Paul Van Himst is the 246th most popular soccer player (down from 237th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 157th in 2019) and the 3rd 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, Paul Van Himst ranks 246 out of 16,880. Before him are Osvaldo Ardiles, Helmut Haller, Giovanni Ferrari, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Francisco Varallo, and Raimundo Orsi. After him are Enrique Ballestrero, Lee Yoo-hyung, José Antonio Camacho, Raúl, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, and Tamotsu Asakura.
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 240
1939 - 2012
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 241
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 242
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 243
1910 - 2010
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 244
1901 - 1986
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 245
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 246
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 247
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 248
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 249
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 250
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 251
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 252
Among people born in 1943, Paul Van Himst ranks 109. Before him are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Barbara Bouchet, R. L. Stine, Finn E. Kydland, J. Michael Kosterlitz, and Luis Carlos Galán. After him are Martin Campbell, Reinaldo Arenas, Michael Spence, Ri Chun-hee, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior.
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 103
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 104
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 105
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 106
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 107
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 108
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 109
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 110
1943 - 1990
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 111
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 112
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 113
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 114
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 115
Among people born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 171 out of 1,019. Before him are Bernard van Orley (1487), Laura Marx (1845), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Victor Serge (1890), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Michel Preud'homme (1959). After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), Eric Gerets (1954), and Jan Matsys (1509).
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 165
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 166
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 167
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 168
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 169
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 170
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 171
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 172
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 173
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 174
1528 - 1600
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 175
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 176
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 177
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953) and Michel Preud'homme (1959). After him are Jan Ceulemans (1957), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Eden Hazard (1991), Enzo Scifo (1966), Marc Wilmots (1969), and Jean-Marc Bosman (1964).
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 2
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 4
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 7
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 11
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 12