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Rafael van der Vaart

1983 - Today

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Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart (born 11 February 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Van der Vaart began his career at Ajax's youth academy and worked his way into the first team, debuting as a 17-year-old. Known for his playmaking skills, he drew comparisons to Johan Cruyff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael van der Vaart has received more than 3,160,178 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Rafael van der Vaart is the 786th most popular soccer player (down from 785th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 378th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rafael van der Vaart ranks 786 out of 21,273. Before him are Abdulrahman Fawzi, Luis Artime, Gian Piero Gasperini, Dirk Kuyt, Karol Dobiaš, and Alejandro Scopelli. After him are Dixie Dean, Kazuhisa Kono, Klaus Allofs, Luis Cubilla, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, and Masanobu Izumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Rafael van der Vaart ranks 21. Before him are Donald Glover, Yaya Touré, Andrew Garfield, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Daniele De Rossi, and Felipe Melo. After him are Mila Kunis, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Mélanie Laurent, José Antonio Reyes, Álvaro Arbeloa, and Meryem Uzerli.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rafael van der Vaart ranks 358 out of 1,646. Before him are Hercules Seghers (1589), Leonaert Bramer (1596), Dirk Kuyt (1980), John de Mol Jr. (1955), Jacob Cats (1577), and Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657). After him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Kea Bouman (1903), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), Piet de Jong (1915), and Jan van Huysum (1682).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Rafael van der Vaart ranks 36. Before him are Roy Makaay (1975), Phillip Cocu (1970), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Aad de Mos (1947), Hans van Breukelen (1956), and Dirk Kuyt (1980). After him are Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), Jaap Stam (1972), Bennie Muller (1938), Marc Overmars (1973), and Sjaak Swart (1938).

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