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Ruud Krol

1949 - Today

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Rudolf Jozef "Ruud" (or "Rudi") Krol (Dutch pronunciation: [ryt ˈkrɔl]; born 24 March 1949) is a Dutch former professional footballer who was capped 83 times for the Netherlands national team. Most of his career he played for his home town club, Ajax. He became a coach after retirement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruud Krol has received more than 504,612 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ruud Krol is the 146th most popular soccer player (up from 164th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 140th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Ruud Krol is a Dutch football player. He was a member of the Dutch national team that won the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ruud Krol ranks 146 out of 21,273. Before him are Harald Schumacher, Sandro Mazzola, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, and José Leandro Andrade. After him are Arie Haan, Kakuichi Mimura, Bora Milutinović, Ivica Osim, Tameo Ide, and Gunnar Gren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ruud Krol ranks 51. Before him are Ottmar Hitzfeld, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bill Nighy, Amin Maalouf, Don Johnson, and Nando Parrado. After him are Ashraf Ghani, Billy Joel, Horst Ludwig Störmer, Dubravka Ugrešić, Luis Sepúlveda, and Tom Waits.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud Krol ranks 120 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Jongbloed (1940), Judith Leyster (1609), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem de Kooning (1904), and Pieter Aertsen (1508). After him are Arie Haan (1948), Bertha of Holland (1055), Claus Sluter (1340), Harry Mulisch (1927), Robert van Gulik (1910), and Louise of the Netherlands (1828).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ruud Krol ranks 6. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), Ruud Gullit (1962), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Edwin van der Sar (1970), and Jan Jongbloed (1940). After him are 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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