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Ruud van Nistelrooy

1976 - Today

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Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈryt fɑn ˈnɪstəlroːi]; born 1 July 1976), commonly known as Ruud van Nistelrooy (), is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Premier League club Leicester City. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all-time, van Nistelrooy has been the top scorer in three UEFA Champions League seasons, and is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the competition's history with 56 goals. He has also been the top scorer in three European domestic leagues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruud van Nistelrooy has received more than 8,037,929 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Ruud van Nistelrooy is the 240th most popular soccer player (up from 242nd in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 188th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 68

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  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 240 out of 21,273Before him are Aimé Jacquet, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Ramón Díaz, Fernando Torres, Kenji Tochio, and Yochanan Vollach. After him are Paul Van Himst, Willy van de Kerkhof, Arjen Robben, Ken Noritake, Paulino Alcántara, and Francisco Varallo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 12Before him are Cillian Murphy, Ramzan Kadyrov, Clarence Seedorf, Chester Bennington, Michael Ballack, and Judit Polgár. After him are Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Vieira, Yuval Noah Harari, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Alessandro Nesta, and Colin Farrell.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 166 out of 1,646Before him are Theo van Gogh (1957), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Ferdinand Bol (1616), John II, Count of Holland (1247), and Cees Nooteboom (1933). After him are Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Arjen Robben (1984), Famke Janssen (1964), Mariska Veres (1947), and Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 12Before him are Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Johnny Rep (1951), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and Piet Keizer (1943). After him are Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Arjen Robben (1984), Peter Bosz (1963), Abe Lenstra (1920), Ruud Geels (1948), and Wesley Sneijder (1984).