SOCCER PLAYER

Rob Rensenbrink

1947 - 2020

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Pieter Robert Rensenbrink (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔp ˈrɛnsə(m)ˌbrɪŋk]; 3 July 1947 – 24 January 2020) was a Dutch footballer and member of the Netherlands national team that reached two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1974 and 1978. A creative and prolific left winger or forward, he became a legend in Belgium while playing in the great Anderlecht sides of the 1970s. He is the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup's all-time top scorer, with 25 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rob Rensenbrink has received more than 391,063 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Rob Rensenbrink is the 83rd most popular soccer player (up from 93rd in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 100th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Rensenbrink is most famous for being the first person to perform a backflip on a motorcycle.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 83 out of 21,273. Before him are Neymar, Giacinto Facchetti, Paul Breitner, Béla Guttmann, Bobby Moore, and Rudi Völler. After him are Kurt Hamrin, Bebeto, Carlos Queiroz, Hristo Stoichkov, Peter Schmeichel, and Gabriel Batistuta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 39. Before him are Farrah Fawcett, Herman Van Rompuy, Tom Clancy, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Gloria Gaynor, and Sam Neill. After him are Gerd Binnig, Dick Advocaat, Bruno Latour, Linda B. Buck, Gigliola Cinquetti, and Richard Griffiths. Among people deceased in 2020, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 23. Before him are Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Katherine Johnson, Albert Uderzo, Ian Holm, Stanley Cohen, and Tabaré Vázquez. After him are Robert Hossein, Lee Teng-hui, Diana Rigg, Juliette Gréco, Kenny Rogers, and Neil Peart.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 72 out of 1,646. Before him are Ronald Koeman (1963), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Dieric Bouts (1415), and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836). After him are Dries van Agt (1931), Dick Advocaat (1947), Peter Canisius (1521), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), Hugo de Vries (1848), and Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 3. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), and Ruud Gullit (1962). After him are Edwin van der Sar (1970), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Johnny Rep (1951), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Piet Keizer (1943), and Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976).

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