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Wim Kieft

1962 - Today

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Willem Cornelis Nicolaas "Wim" Kieft (born 12 November 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Kieft went into punditry in 2001, occasionally appearing on football talk show Voetbal Inside A prolific goal-scorer whose main asset was his heading ability, he played for two big clubs, Ajax and PSV. He also played in Italy and France. Kieft played for the Netherlands national team, and was a member of the squad that won Euro 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wim Kieft has received more than 264,508 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Wim Kieft is the 1,807th most popular soccer player (down from 1,674th in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 579th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wim Kieft ranks 1,807 out of 21,273. Before him are Željko Perušić, Pleun Strik, Diego Lugano, Frank Leboeuf, Rodrigo Palacio, and Turgay Şeren. After him are Ladislav Pavlovič, Shinji Kagawa, Renato Cesarini, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Luís Pereira, and Masatada Ishii.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Wim Kieft ranks 167. Before him are Esai Morales, Tariq Ramadan, Michael Weikath, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Uwe Rahn, and MC Hammer. After him are Taslima Nasrin, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Branko Đurić, Bertrand Gachot, Joan Osborne, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wim Kieft ranks 599 out of 1,646. Before him are Martin Jol (1956), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Nigel de Jong (1984), Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), Pleun Strik (1944), and Cornelis Lely (1854). After him are Adriaan van Maanen (1884), C. George Boeree (1952), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Memphis Depay (1994), Evert van Aelst (1602), and Pim Doesburg (1943).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Wim Kieft ranks 68. Before him are Richard Witschge (1969), Barry Hulshoff (1946), Kees Kist (1952), Michael Reiziger (1973), Nigel de Jong (1984), and Pleun Strik (1944). After him are Memphis Depay (1994), Pim Doesburg (1943), Coen Moulijn (1937), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Henk Groot (1938), and Adri van Tiggelen (1957).

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