1969 - Today
Petrus (Pierre) Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk (Dutch pronunciation: [piˈjɛr vɑn ˈɦoːidɔŋk]; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Netherlands national team, for which he scored 14 goals and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre van Hooijdonk has received more than 1,025,469 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Pierre van Hooijdonk is the 1,035th most popular soccer player (up from 1,234th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 470th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 1,035 out of 16,880. Before him are Kennet Andersson, Željko Petrović, Dondinho, Paulinho, Kozo Arai, and Shunsuke Nakamura. After him are Didier Six, Mario Evaristo, Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Roy Keane, Mário Jardel, and Pietro Vierchowod.
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 1,029
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 1,030
1917 - 1996
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 1,031
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 1,032
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 1,033
1978 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 1,034
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 1,035
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 1,036
1908 - 1993
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 1,037
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 1,038
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 1,039
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 1,040
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 1,041
Among people born in 1969, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 94. Before him are Josh Holloway, Jason Priestley, David Boreanaz, Paulo Bento, Marjane Satrapi, and Lei Jun. After him are Dead, Dave Grohl, Richard Hammond, Ibn al-Khattab, Gedeon Burkhard, and Antônio Carlos Zago.
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 88
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 89
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 90
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 91
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 92
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 93
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 94
1969 - 1991
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 95
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 96
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 97
1969 - 2002
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 98
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 99
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 100
Among people born in Netherlands, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 464 out of 1,427. Before him are Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), Virgil van Dijk (1991), and Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931). After him are Ernesto Hoost (1965), Dirk Stikker (1897), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Joachim Wtewael (1566), and Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831).
1934 - 1964
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 458
1835 - 1903
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 459
1845 - 1904
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 460
1640 - 1698
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 461
1991 - Present
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 462
1931 - 2020
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 463
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 464
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 465
1897 - 1979
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 466
1921 - 1995
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 467
1710 - 1777
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 468
1566 - 1638
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 469
1831 - 1915
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 470
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 44. Before him are Ronald de Boer (1970), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Ruud Geels (1948), Rinus Israël (1942), Dirk Kuyt (1980), and Virgil van Dijk (1991). After him are Dick Nanninga (1949), Erik ten Hag (1970), Dick van Dijk (1946), Roy Makaay (1975), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), and Piet Schrijvers (1946).
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 38
1946 - 2021
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 39
1948 - 2023
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 40
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 41
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 42
1991 - Present
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 43
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 44
1949 - 2015
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 45
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 46
1946 - 1997
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 47
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 48
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 49
1946 - 2022
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 50