1943 - Today
Paul Van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former football forward and a football manager. Now retired, he still supports R.S.C. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Van Himst has received more than 162,413 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Paul Van Himst is the 237th most popular soccer player (down from 221st in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 153rd 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.
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Among soccer players, Paul Van Himst ranks 237 out of 16,923. Before him are Amancio Amaro, Shoichi Nishimura, Jair Marinho, Samuel Eto'o, Luis Enrique, and Toshio Hirabayashi. After him are Zbigniew Boniek, Andreas Brehme, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, František Plánička, Jupp Derwall, and Masanori Tokita.
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 231
1912 - 1998
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 232
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 233
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 234
1970 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 235
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 236
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 237
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 238
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 239
1892 - 1922
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 240
1904 - 1996
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 241
1927 - 2007
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 242
1925 - 2004
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 243
Among people born in 1943, Paul Van Himst ranks 79. Before him are Piet Keizer, George Benson, Klaus von Klitzing, Betty Williams, Antonio Inoki, and Vint Cerf. After him are Ri Chun-hee, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Holland Taylor, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, and Jacques Attali.
1943 - 2017
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 73
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 74
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 75
1943 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 76
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 77
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 78
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 79
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 80
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 81
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 82
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 83
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 84
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 85
Among people born in Belgium, Paul Van Himst ranks 157 out of 899. Before him are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Blanche of Namur (1320), Luce Irigaray (1930), Marc Dutroux (1956), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872). After him are John Langenus (1891), Constantin Meunier (1831), Godfried Danneels (1933), Raymond Goethals (1921), Wilfried Martens (1936), and Johannes Tinctoris (1435).
1903 - 1983
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 151
1320 - 1363
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 152
1930 - Present
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 153
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 154
1515 - 1565
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 155
1872 - 1955
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 156
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 157
1891 - 1952
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 158
1831 - 1905
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 159
1933 - 2019
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 160
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 161
1936 - 2013
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 162
1435 - 1511
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 163
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), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Bernard Voorhoof (1910), Eden Hazard (1991), Enzo Scifo (1966), Marc Wilmots (1969), Louis Van Hege (1889), Romelu Lukaku (1993), and Thibaut Courtois (1992).
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 5
1910 - 1974
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 7
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 8
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 9
1889 - 1975
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 10
1993 - Present
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 12