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Pierre van Hooijdonk

1969 - Today

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Pierre van Hooijdonk (Dutch pronunciation: [piˈjɛr vɑn ˈɦoːidɔŋk]; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Netherlands national team, for which he scored 14 goals and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. Noted for his bending free kicks, he is regarded by some as one of the greatest free kick specialists of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre van Hooijdonk is the 1,536th most popular soccer player (down from 1,121st in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 471st in 2019) and the 57th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 1,536 out of 21,273. Before him are Joe Spence, Salvador Artigas, Juanito, Thomas Gravesen, António Simões, and Vladimír Weiss. After him are Juan Hilario Marrero, Klaus Toppmöller, Jair Marinho, Josef Hickersberger, Jacques Fatton, and Valery Voronin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 118. Before him are Hugo Maradona, Tanita Tikaram, Viswanathan Anand, Paul Adelstein, Raphael Warnock, and Aunjanue Ellis. After him are Ravindra Prabhat, Adela Noriega, Robert Habeck, Jojo Moyes, Billy Herrington, and Tomas Brolin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 540 out of 1,646. Before him are Joachim Wtewael (1566), Caesar van Everdingen (1616), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), and Wilhem de Haan (1801). After him are Jan de Vries (1890), Jan Mostaert (1475), Cornelis Lely (1854), Arnold Mühren (1951), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), and Jan van Bijlert (1597).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Pierre van Hooijdonk ranks 57. Before him are Virgil van Dijk (1991), Dick van Dijk (1946), Memphis Depay (1994), Gerrie Mühren (1946), Jo Bonfrère (1946), and Kees Kist (1952). After him are Arnold Mühren (1951), Jan Wouters (1960), Michael Reiziger (1973), Richard Witschge (1969), Barry Hulshoff (1946), and Hakim Ziyech (1993).

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