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Piet Keizer

1943 - 2017

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Petrus Johannes "Piet" Keizer (14 June 1943 – 10 February 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a left winger. As part of the "Total Football" Ajax Amsterdam team of the 1960s and 1970s, Keizer was particularly notable during the successive managerial tenures of Rinus Michels and Stefan Kovacs (1965–1973). He is widely considered one of the greatest players in Dutch football history. Dutch writer Nico Scheepmaker once said: "Cruyff is the best, but Keizer is the better one". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piet Keizer is the 308th most popular soccer player (down from 210th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 157th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Piet Keizer is a Dutch football player who played for PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona, and the Netherlands national team. He is most famous for his time at PSV Eindhoven, where he won three Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups.

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Among soccer players, Piet Keizer ranks 308 out of 21,273. Before him are Hisao Kami, Jair da Costa, Masao Takada, František Plánička, Careca, and Akira Nozawa. After him are Fernando Torres, Yukio Goto, Gianluca Vialli, Richard Møller Nielsen, Ken Noritake, and Ángel Di María.

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Among people born in 1943, Piet Keizer ranks 94. Before him are Chantal Mouffe, Oskar Lafontaine, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Mohammed Badie, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Rodney Alcala. After him are Roy Andersson, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Ken Thompson, Colin Baker, Jean-Claude Killy, and Hugh Thompson Jr.. Among people deceased in 2017, Piet Keizer ranks 73. Before him are Yisrael Kristal, Al Jarreau, Giovanni Sartori, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Georges Prêtre, and Chris Cornell. After him are Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Pierre Bergé, Jacque Fresco, Peter L. Berger, René Préval, and Azzedine Alaïa.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Piet Keizer ranks 169 out of 1,646. Before him are Roméo Dallaire (1946), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Pieter Lastman (1583), Famke Janssen (1964), and Pim Fortuyn (1948). After him are Ruud Lubbers (1939), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Mariska Veres (1947), Arjen Robben (1984), and Ary Scheffer (1795).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Piet Keizer ranks 11. Before him are Arie Haan (1948), Ruud Krol (1949), Edwin van der Sar (1970), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Johnny Rep (1951), and Willy van de Kerkhof (1951). After him are Arjen Robben (1984), Robin van Persie (1983), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Peter Bosz (1963), Erik ten Hag (1970), and Wesley Sneijder (1984).

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