Wim Kieft
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Kieft in 1981
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| Full name | Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1962 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| Madjoe | |||||||||
| Ajax | |||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1979–1983 | Ajax | 96 | (69) | ||||||
| 1983–1986 | Pisa | 91 | (25) | ||||||
| 1986–1987 | Torino | 19 | (8) | ||||||
| 1987–1990 | PSV | 82 | (55) | ||||||
| 1990–1991 | Bordeaux | 26 | (3) | ||||||
| 1991–1994 | PSV | 88 | (34) | ||||||
| Total | 402 | (194) | |||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 1981–1993 | Netherlands | 42 | (11) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Willem "Wim" Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft (born 12 November 1962) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a centre forward.
A prolific goal-scorer whose main asset resided in his heading ability, he played in his country for two of the most important clubs, Ajax and PSV, with equal team and individual success. He also played abroad in Italy and France.
For the Dutch national team Kieft scored in double digits in more than one decade of play, being a very valuable member of the squad that won Euro 1988. He also represented the nation at the 1990 World Cup.
Wim Kieft is one of five European players to ever win a Treble with their club and a cup with their national team in the same year. The other four players are his teammates Hans van Breukelen, Berry van Aerle, Ronald Koeman and Gerald Vanenburg.
Born in Amsterdam, Kieft started his professional career with local AFC Ajax, making his first-team debuts on 4 May 1980 at not yet 18. Amongst his youth teammates were Frank Rijkaard, John van 't Schip, Marco van Basten and Gerald Vanenburg, as in his first two full seasons he scored at an astonishing rate, especially in 1981–82 when he netted 32 goals in as many games, being crucial as the team lifted the Eredivisie title and receiving the European Golden Boot award.
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