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Willem van Hanegem

1944 - Today

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Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləɱ ˈʋɪɱ vɑn ˈɦaːnəɣɛm]; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as both the European Cup and UEFA Cup with Feyenoord. He was also part of the Dutch national team that were runners-up in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem van Hanegem has received more than 227,201 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Willem van Hanegem is the 452nd most popular soccer player (up from 485th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 271st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 58.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Willem van Hanegem ranks 452 out of 21,273. Before him are Noritaka Hidaka, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Thibaut Courtois, Ally McCoist, Miloš Milutinović, and Hans-Peter Briegel. After him are Roberto Dinamite, John Toshack, Gianluca Zambrotta, Yukio Tsuda, Luis del Sol, and Walter Mazzarri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Willem van Hanegem ranks 142. Before him are Gianfranco Ferré, Gary Busey, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ayad Allawi, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, and Ron Huldai. After him are Christian Boltanski, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chung Hong-won, John Entwistle, Jan Guillou, and James Heckman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem van Hanegem ranks 258 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Willem Blaeu (1571), and Maarten Tromp (1598). After him are Carel Struycken (1948), Otto van Veen (1556), Nicolaes Maes (1634), Danny Blind (1961), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), and Dick Bruna (1927).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Willem van Hanegem ranks 23. Before him are Ruud Geels (1948), Wesley Sneijder (1984), Wim Jansen (1946), Robin van Persie (1983), Wim Suurbier (1945), and Patrick Kluivert (1976). After him are Danny Blind (1961), Mark van Bommel (1977), Erik ten Hag (1970), Frank de Boer (1970), Erwin Koeman (1961), and Piet Schrijvers (1946).

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