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Jaap Stam

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Jakob "Jaap" Stam (Dutch pronunciation: [jaːp ˈstɑm]; born 17 July 1972) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders of all time. He was part of the Manchester United team that won the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999. Stam played for several European clubs including PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Lazio, Milan and Ajax before retiring in October 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaap Stam is the 472nd most popular soccer player (up from 851st in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 376th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jaap Stam ranks 472 out of 21,273. Before him are Cláudio Taffarel, Kinjiro Shimizu, Pepe Reina, Claudio Gentile, Petr Čech, and Erling Braut Håland. After him are Milan Galić, Tsuyoshi Kunieda, Dragoslav Šekularac, Abe Lenstra, Quique Setién, and Kazumi Takada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Jaap Stam ranks 29. Before him are Lee Jung-jae, Rui Costa, Pedro Sánchez, Alf-Inge Håland, Vanessa Paradis, and Sofía Vergara. After him are Tarkan, Lisa Ann, Tré Cool, Busta Rhymes, Jennifer Garner, and Amy Coney Barrett.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap Stam ranks 225 out of 1,646. Before him are Wim Jansen (1946), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Willem Blaeu (1571), Frank de Boer (1970), Jan Jongbloed (1940), and Joop Zoetemelk (1946). After him are Abe Lenstra (1920), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Adriaen de Vries (1556), and Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Jaap Stam ranks 21. Before him are Peter Bosz (1963), Erik ten Hag (1970), Wesley Sneijder (1984), Wim Jansen (1946), Frank de Boer (1970), and Jan Jongbloed (1940). After him are Abe Lenstra (1920), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Wim Suurbier (1945), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Mark van Bommel (1977), and Erwin Koeman (1961).

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