New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

SOCCER PLAYER

Ruud van Nistelrooy

1976 - Today

Photo of Ruud van Nistelrooy

Icon of person Ruud van Nistelrooy

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus "Ruud" van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈryt fɑn ˈnɪstəlroːi]; anglicised to Van Nistelrooy ; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of PSV Eindhoven, and is often considered one of the best strikers of all time. He has been the top scorer in three separate UEFA Champions League seasons, and is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the competition's history with 56 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruud van Nistelrooy has received more than 6,713,499 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruud van Nistelrooy is the 242nd most popular soccer player (up from 301st in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 195th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ruud van Nistelrooys by language


Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 242 out of 16,880. Before him are Michel Preud'homme, František Plánička, Yochanan Vollach, Osvaldo Ardiles, Helmut Haller, and Giovanni Ferrari. After him are Francisco Varallo, Raimundo Orsi, Paul Van Himst, Enrique Ballestrero, Lee Yoo-hyung, and José Antonio Camacho.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 15. Before him are Yuval Noah Harari, Michael Ballack, Clarence Seedorf, Ramzan Kadyrov, Judit Polgár, and Alexei Navalny. After him are Audrey Tautou, Patrick Kluivert, Diane Kruger, Colin Farrell, Scott Adkins, and Alessandro Nesta.

Others Born in 1976

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 188 out of 1,427. Before him are Rachel Ruysch (1664), Willem de Sitter (1872), Anton Mauve (1838), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Ruud Lubbers (1939), and Willem Mengelberg (1871). After him are Johann Weyer (1515), Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Anton Mussert (1894), Tiësto (1969), and Maarten Tromp (1598).

Others born in Netherlands

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ruud van Nistelrooy ranks 14. Before him are Arie Haan (1948), Piet Keizer (1943), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Arjen Robben (1984), and Johnny Rep (1951). After him are Peter Bosz (1963), Erwin Koeman (1961), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Wesley Sneijder (1984), Robin van Persie (1983), and Jan Jongbloed (1940).

Dutch born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Twitter Activity

  • DatawheelCL