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Rob Rensenbrink

1947 - 2020

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Pieter Robert Rensenbrink (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔp ˈrɛnsə(m)ˌbrɪŋk]; 3 July 1947 – 24 January 2020) was a Dutch footballer and member of the Netherlands national team that reached two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1974 and 1978. A creative and prolific left winger or forward, he became a legend in Belgium while playing in the great Anderlecht side of the 1970s. He is the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup's all-time top scorer, with 25 goals. A talented dribbler as well as a cool finisher and adequate passer, he only ever missed two penalties in his entire career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rob Rensenbrink is the 98th most popular soccer player (down from 83rd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Rensenbrink is most famous for being the first person to perform a backflip on a motorcycle.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 98 out of 21,273. Before him are Hristo Stoichkov, Lilian Thuram, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Oleg Blokhin, Luis Suárez, and Eric Cantona. After him are George Graham, Fabio Cannavaro, Roberto Mancini, Neymar, Luka Modrić, and Cha Bum-kun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 52. Before him are Stephen Collins, Gigliola Cinquetti, Bruno Latour, Michio Kaku, Aaron Ciechanover, and Jonathan Pryce. After him are Ron Dennis, Farrah Fawcett, Dick Advocaat, Melanie, Stan Kroenke, and Mykola Azarov. Among people deceased in 2020, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 29. Before him are Alan Parker, Robert Hossein, Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, John Turner, and Frances E. Allen. After him are Abdul Halim Khaddam, Stanley Cohen, John Lewis, Diana Rigg, John le Carré, and Bettina Heinen-Ayech.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 94 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Jan van Goyen (1596), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836). After him are Kees van Dongen (1877), Menno Simons (1496), Multatuli (1820), Judith Leyster (1609), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), and Dick Advocaat (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Rob Rensenbrink ranks 3. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), and Ruud Gullit (1962). After him are Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Arie Haan (1948), Ruud Krol (1949), Edwin van der Sar (1970), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Johnny Rep (1951), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Piet Keizer (1943), and Arjen Robben (1984).

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