Wim Kieft

Personal information
Wim Kieft
Full name	Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft
Date of birth	November 12, 1962 (1962-11-12) (age 45)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1983 1983-1986 1986-1987 1987-1990 1990-1991 1991-1994	Ajax Pisa Torino F.C. PSV Girondins Bordeaux PSV	960(69) 910(25) 1900(8) 820(55) 2600(3) 880(34)
National team
1981-1993	Netherlands	430(11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Willem ("Wim") Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft (born 12 November 1962 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer, who obtained 43 caps and eleven goals for the Netherlands national football team (1981-1993).

Kieft played for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, Pisa and Girondins Bordeaux, and the Netherlands national football team. He came from a school of strikers who played in the De Meer Stadium of Amsterdam (Ajax). His contemporaries were Frank Rijkaard, John van 't Schip, Marco van Basten and Gerald Vanenburg: these youngsters made the 1980s a highly successful decade for the Netherlands, Ajax and PSV. He won Euro 88 in Germany, in which his contribution was the only goal in the game against the Republic of Ireland eight minutes from time, which helped the Dutch overtake Ireland to finish second in Group 2, and secure a place in the semi-final. Kieft also won the European Cup (later Champions League) with PSV that same year. He is now a football pundit for the television channels Sport1 and RTL.

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v • d • e Netherlands squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 van Breukelen • 2 van Aerle • 3 Rijkaard • 4 R. Koeman • 5 van Tiggelen • 6 Wouters • 7 E. Koeman • 8 Vanenburg • 9 van Basten • 10 Gullit • 11 Witschge • 12 Kieft • 13 Rutjes • 14 van 't Schip • 15 Roy • 16 Hiele • 17 Gillhaus • 18 Fräser • 19 van Loen • 20 Winter • 21 Blind • 22 Menzo • Coach: Beenhakker

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