SOCCER PLAYER

Pierre van Hooijdonk

1969 - Today

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Pierre 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 1,095,322 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Pierre van Hooijdonk is the 1,122nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,035th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 1,122 out of 21,273. Before him are Toshio Miyaji, David Alaba, Manuel Ferreira, Tore Keller, Emerson, and Dries Mertens. After him are Jacques Santini, Josef Kadraba, José Luis Brown, Bojan Krkić, Josip Katalinski, and Ludovic Giuly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 91. Before him are Ice Cube, Bobby Brown, Kathryn Morris, Jay-Z, Fernando Couto, and Hugo Maradona. After him are Faustino Asprilla, Ilir Meta, Dead, Max Cavalera, Faye Wong, and Antônio Carlos Zago.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 471 out of 1,646. Before him are Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Rudi Carrell (1934), Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Dirk Stikker (1897), and Louis Couperus (1863). After him are Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), Jan Gies (1905), Petrus Camper (1722), Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Cornelis Ketel (1548), and Jacob Moleschott (1822).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 53. Before him are Jordi Cruyff (1974), George Knobel (1922), Virgil van Dijk (1991), Rinus Israël (1942), Dick Nanninga (1949), and Jaap Eden (1873). After him are Dick van Dijk (1946), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Jan Wouters (1960), Kees Rijvers (1926), Martin Koeman (1938), and Gerrie Mühren (1946).

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