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Ronald Koeman

Dutch association football manager and player

  • Fame63.8
  • Momentum0.5
  • Netherlands rank#124
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  • Fame63.8
  • Momentum0.5
  • Netherlands rank#124
  • Wikipedia65.6K
Born 1963 · age 63Netherlands
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  • Wikipedia
    63 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Netherlands
    #124
    Footballers
  • Age
    63
    Born 1963
  • Known for
    Becoming Zlatan
    2015
Summary
Updated 2026-08-28

A defender who scored like a striker: over 250 goals from the back line, including the free kick that won Barcelona the 1992 European Cup. Koeman turned sweeper into a launching position, making him one of the rare center backs remembered as much for what he created going forward as what he stopped.

Biography

About

Born in Zaandam in 1963, Koeman came through Groningen before joining Ajax in 1983, winning the Eredivisie in 1984–85. He moved to PSV in 1986 and collected three straight league titles plus the 1988 European Cup — the same year he won Euro 1988 with the Netherlands alongside van Basten, Gullit, and Rijkaard, becoming one of five players to win a treble and international cup in one season. In 1989 Barcelona brought him into Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team," where he anchored four consecutive La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994 and scored the winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final against Sampdori…

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Teams

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  • Feyenoord Rotterdam
    1995–1997
  • Fc Barcelona
    1989–1995
  • PSV Eindhoven
    1986–1989
  • AFC Ajax
    1983–1986
  • Netherlands national association football team
    1982–1994
  • FC Groningen
    1980–1983
19801997
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Season stats

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1995–19976119
1989–199519267
1986–19899851
1983–19869423
1982–19947820
1980–198390100
By the numbers

Score breakdown

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Fame
Falling
63.8
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.5
Historical25.0
Now attention6.3
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#124
Category rank
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence