1949 - Today
Rudolf ("Ruud" or "Rudi") Jozef Krol (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, and he became a coach after retirement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruud Krol has received more than 288,870 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ruud Krol is the 178th most popular soccer player (down from 170th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 144th 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.
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Among soccer players, Ruud Krol ranks 178 out of 16,923. Before him are Duncan Edwards, Kiyoo Kanda, Vahid Halilhodžić, Carles Rexach, Dražan Jerković, and Yoshio Okada. After him are Neymar, Shiro Misaki, Dennis Bergkamp, Felix Magath, Michel Hidalgo, and Yoshio Furukawa.
1936 - 1958
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 172
1900 - 1970
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 173
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 174
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 175
1936 - 2008
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 176
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 177
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 178
1992 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 179
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 180
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 181
1953 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 182
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 183
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 184
Among people born in 1949, Ruud Krol ranks 56. Before him are Fanny Ardant, Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Jim Broadbent, and Shelley Duvall. After him are Ashraf Ghani, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Tom Berenger, José Ramos-Horta, Sissy Spacek, and Vicky Leandros.
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 51
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 52
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 53
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 54
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 55
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 57
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 59
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 60
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 61
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 62
Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud Krol ranks 142 out of 1,209. Before him are Wim Kok (1938), Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577), Bernard Haitink (1929), Karel Appel (1921), Zacharias Janssen (1585), and Jeroen Krabbé (1944). After him are Jan van Scorel (1495), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), and Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918).
1938 - 2018
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 136
1577 - 1629
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 137
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 138
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 139
1585 - 1635
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 140
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 141
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 142
1495 - 1562
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 143
1498 - 1574
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 144
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 145
1620 - 1691
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 146
1566 - 1651
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 147
1918 - 2004
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 148
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ruud Krol ranks 6. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), Ruud Gullit (1962), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Leo Beenhakker (1942), and Edwin van der Sar (1970). After him are Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Piet Keizer (1943), Arie Haan (1948), Arjen Robben (1984), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and Johnny Rep (1951).
1947 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 2
1947 - 2020
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 6
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 7
1943 - 2017
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 9
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 12