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Johan Neeskens

Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024)

  • Fame59.7
  • Momentum16.1
  • Netherlands rank#230
Source-basedBreakout
  • Fame59.7
  • Momentum16.1
  • Netherlands rank#230
  • Wikipedia31.5K
Lived 1951–2024, aged 73Netherlands
NetherlandsNetherlandsFootballersFootball / Soccer Player
  • Wikipedia
    51 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Netherlands
    #230
    Footballers
  • Era
    1951–2024
    Aged 73
Summary
Updated 2026-06-20

Johannes Jacobus Neeskens was a Dutch football manager and player. A midfielder, he was an important member of the Netherlands national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups and is considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time. In 2004, he was named one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony, while in 2017 he was included in the FourFourTwo list of the 100 all-time greatest players, at the 64th position.

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Teams

Low confidence
  • Zug 94
    1990–1991
  • Kansas City Comets
    1985–1986
  • Fort Lauderdale Sun
    1985–1985
  • FC Groningen
    1984–1985
  • New York Cosmos
    1979–1984
  • Fc Barcelona
    1974–1979
  • AFC Ajax
    1970–1974
  • Netherlands national association football team
    1970–1981
  • RCH
    1968–1970
19681991
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Season stats

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1990–199110
1985–1986231
1985–198511
1984–198570
1979–19849417
1974–197914035
1970–197412433
1970–19814917
1968–1970681
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The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
59.7
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum16.1
Historical22.5
Now attention59.7
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#230
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