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Hans Ooft

1947 - Today

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Marius Johan "Hans" Ooft (born 1947) is a Dutch former football player and manager who became the first foreigner to head the Japanese football team. Under Ooft, Japan won the Asian Championship for the first time in 1992 but was fired a year later for failing to qualify them for the 1994 World Cup in a crucial match against Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Ooft is the 2,385th most popular soccer player (down from 2,166th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 654th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hans Ooft ranks 2,385 out of 21,273. Before him are Alcindo, Marcos Alonso, Keiko Saito, Antal Szabó, Alexander Hleb, and Stefan Kuntz. After him are Ludo Coeck, Marco Simone, Bernabé Ferreyra, Armand Forcherio, Arda Güler, and James Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hans Ooft ranks 451. Before him are Christian Piot, Dave Alexander, Tristan Murail, Marinho Peres, Camille Paglia, and Vladimir Oravsky. After him are Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Jim Steinman, Darlene Cates, Pia Kjærsgaard, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, and Ilanit.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hans Ooft ranks 671 out of 1,646. Before him are Heintje Simons (1955), Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944), Simeon ten Holt (1923), Jan van de Cappelle (1624), Stien Kaiser (1938), and Leonardus Nardus (1868). After him are C. George Boeree (1952), Lodewijk van den Berg (1932), Jacobus Golius (1596), Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), Bep van Klaveren (1907), and Gerrit Voorting (1923).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Hans Ooft ranks 76. Before him are Wim Anderiesen (1903), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Coen Moulijn (1937), Maarten Stekelenburg (1982), Pleun Strik (1944), and Boudewijn Zenden (1976). After him are Wim Jonk (1966), Kick Smit (1911), Pim Doesburg (1943), Kees van Ierssel (1945), Ruud Hesp (1965), and Bennie Muller (1938).

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