1962 - Today
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 240,911 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Wim Kieft is the 1,674th most popular soccer player (up from 1,736th in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 549th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Wim Kieft ranks 1,674 out of 16,880. Before him are László Cseh, Héctor Chumpitaz, Martin Peters, Teizo Takeuchi, René Llense, and Marcos Senna. After him are Alisson, Jenő Vincze, René Petit, Jurica Jerković, Sándor Bíró, and Chris Waddle.
1910 - 1950
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 1,668
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 1,669
1943 - 2019
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,670
1908 - 1946
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,671
1913 - 2014
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,672
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,673
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 1,674
1992 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 1,675
1908 - 1988
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,676
1899 - 1989
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,677
1950 - 2019
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,678
1911 - 1988
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,679
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 1,680
Among people born in 1962, Wim Kieft ranks 165. Before him are Stefano Gabbana, Ginger Lynn, Kim Hyon-hui, Tariq Ramadan, Predrag Bjelac, and Carl Cox. After him are Oscar Ruggeri, Simon Abkarian, Sumi Jo, David Zayas, Richard Roxburgh, and Oleksiy Danilov.
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 159
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 160
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 161
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 162
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 163
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 164
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 165
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 166
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 167
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 168
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 169
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 170
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 171
Among people born in Netherlands, Wim Kieft ranks 580 out of 1,427. Before him are Estella Agsteribbe (1909), Coen Moulijn (1937), Arend Heyting (1898), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Arnold Mühren (1951), and Alexander Rueb (1882). After him are Tinus Osendarp (1916), Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal (1761), Jan Wouters (1960), Frenkie de Jong (1997), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), and Kees Rijvers (1926).
1909 - 1943
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 574
1937 - 2011
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 575
1898 - 1980
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 576
1878 - 1960
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 577
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 578
1882 - 1959
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 579
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 580
1916 - 2002
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 581
1761 - 1799
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 582
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 583
1997 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 584
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 585
1926 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 586
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Wim Kieft ranks 64. Before him are Gerrie Mühren (1946), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Barry Hulshoff (1946), Kees Kist (1952), Coen Moulijn (1937), and Arnold Mühren (1951). After him are Jan Wouters (1960), Frenkie de Jong (1997), Kees Rijvers (1926), Nigel de Jong (1984), Kick Smit (1911), and Ryan Babel (1986).
1946 - 2013
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 58
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 59
1946 - 2020
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 60
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 61
1937 - 2011
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 62
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 63
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 64
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 65
1997 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 66
1926 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 67
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 68
1911 - 1974
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 69
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 70