SOCCER PLAYER

Ruud Geels

1948 - 2023

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Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːrˈtrœydaː maːˈrijaː ryt ˈxeːls]; 28 July 1948 – 18 November 2023) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker. He obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s. A prolific goalscorer, Geels was known for his heading skills. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruud Geels has received more than 156,091 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ruud Geels is the 270th most popular soccer player (up from 921st in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 438th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 160k

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  • 60.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ruud Geels ranks 270 out of 21,273. Before him are Gary Lineker, Quique Setién, František Plánička, Kazimierz Deyna, Abe Lenstra, and Fabien Barthez. After him are Thomas Müller, Takashi Kano, Rajko Mitić, Lee Yoo-hyung, Antoni Ramallets, and Duncan Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ruud Geels ranks 84. Before him are Dan Simmons, Hartmut Michel, William Daniel Phillips, Beppe Grillo, Giorgio Parisi, and Siim Kallas. After him are Pedro López, Mahesh Bhatt, Amadou Toumani Touré, Michel Suleiman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Lars Lagerbäck. Among people deceased in 2023, Ruud Geels ranks 95. Before him are Viktor Belenko, Gianni Vattimo, Thomas Williams, Françoise Gilot, Luis Garavito, and Dariush Mehrjui. After him are Dmitry Utkin, Matteo Messina Denaro, Shane MacGowan, Bo Larsson, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, and Aleksandr Viktorenko.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud Geels ranks 187 out of 1,646. Before him are Bert van Marwijk (1952), Lambert of Maastricht (635), Jan Lievens (1607), John of Leiden (1509), Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947), and Abe Lenstra (1920). After him are Margaret of Bavaria (1363), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Corry Brokken (1932), Eddie Van Halen (1955), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), and Willem de Sitter (1872).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ruud Geels ranks 17. Before him are Piet Keizer (1943), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Arjen Robben (1984), Peter Bosz (1963), and Abe Lenstra (1920). After him are Wesley Sneijder (1984), Wim Jansen (1946), Robin van Persie (1983), Wim Suurbier (1945), Patrick Kluivert (1976), and Willem van Hanegem (1944).

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