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Wim Kieft

1962 - Today

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Willem Cornelis Nicolaas "Wim" Kieft (born 12 November 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Kieft went into punditry in 2001, occasionally appearing on football talk show Voetbal Inside. A prolific goal-scorer whose main asset was his heading ability, he played for two big clubs, Ajax and PSV. He also played in Italy and France. Kieft played for the Netherlands national team, and was a member of the squad that won Euro 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Wim Kieft is the 2,057th most popular soccer player (down from 1,806th in 2024), the 624th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 599th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wim Kieft ranks 2,057 out of 21,273. Before him are Antonios Nikopolidis, Simon Kjær, Julio César Britos, Torsten Frings, Sadok Sassi, and Roman Weidenfeller. After him are Maxime Bossis, Amad Diallo, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Peter Swan, Edu, and Adolf Šimperský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Wim Kieft ranks 192. Before him are Anatoly Khrapaty, Mike Conley Sr., Jutta Kleinschmidt, Titus Welliver, Uwe Rahn, and Lisa Ono. After him are Joan Osborne, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Július Bielik, Arvind Krishna, David Zayas, and Eddie Izzard.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wim Kieft ranks 624 out of 1,646. Before him are Bart van der Leck (1876), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Maggie MacNeal (1950), Henk Groot (1938), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), and Piet Dankert (1934). After him are Jan Wolkers (1925), Settela Steinbach (1934), Bart Bok (1906), Semmy Schilt (1973), Godfried Schalcken (1643), and Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Wim Kieft ranks 69. Before him are Hakim Ziyech (1993), Nigel de Jong (1984), Martin Koeman (1938), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Frenkie de Jong (1997), and Henk Groot (1938). After him are Wim Anderiesen (1903), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Coen Moulijn (1937), Maarten Stekelenburg (1982), Pleun Strik (1944), and Boudewijn Zenden (1976).

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