Pierre van Hooijdonk
Dutch footballer (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Petrus (Pierre) Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk (Dutch pronunciation: [piˈjɛr vɑn ˈɦoːidɔŋk]; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Netherlands national team, for which he scored 14 goals and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. Noted for his bending free kicks, he is regarded by some as one of the greatest free kick specialists of all time.[3][4][5]
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Full name | Pierre van Hooijdonk[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1969-11-29) 29 November 1969 (age 54)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Steenbergen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | RBC Roosendaal | 69 | (33) | |||||||||||||||||
1991–1995 | NAC Breda | 115 | (81) | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Celtic | 69 | (44) | |||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Nottingham Forest | 71 | (36) | |||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Vitesse | 29 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Benfica | 30 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Feyenoord | 61 | (52) | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Fenerbahçe | 53 | (32) | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | NAC Breda | 17 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Feyenoord | 37 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 551 | (335) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2004 | Netherlands | 46 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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