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'''Petrus "Pierre" Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk''' ({{IPA-|nl|piˈjɛr vɑn ˈɦoːi̯dɔŋkˈɦoːidɔŋk}}; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|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 football team|DutchNetherlands national team]], for which he scored 14 goals and played in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] and [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2004]]. Noted for his [[Curl (association football)|bending]] [[Free kick (association football)|free kicks]], he is regarded by some as one of the greatest free kick specialists of all time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Simon |date=2009-09-11 |title=The Ten Best Free-Kick Specialists: Pierre Van Hooijdonk |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-freekick-specialists-1785081.html?action=Popup&ino=3 |url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914040106/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-freekick-specialists-1785081.html?action=Popup&ino=3 |archive-date=2009-09-14 |access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/684464-world-football-ranking-the-top-10-long-free-kick-specialists-of-all-time#slide6 |title=World Football: Ranking the Top 10 Long Free Kick Specialists of All-Time |last=Woo |first=Jonathan |date=2011-05-03 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/art-free-kick-former-celtic-15690656 |title=The art of the free-kick, with former Celtic star Pierre van Hooijdonk |last=Kyle |first=Gregor |date=2019-01-17 |website=Football Scotland |publisher=[[Reach plc|Reach Scotland]] |location=Glasgow |access-date=2020-02-23 |quote=Van Hooijdonk stands alongside Sinisa Mihajlovic, Andrea Pirlo and Juninho Pernambucano as one of the all-time great free-kick takers,&nbsp;...}}</ref>
 
==Early life==
Van Hooijdonk was born in [[Steenbergen]]. His [[Morocco|Moroccan]] biological father left Van Hooijdonk's mother before his birth. He grew up in Welberg ([[:nl:Welberg|nl]]), a small village near Steenbergen. His favourite team was [[NAC Breda]] whose game he followed wholeheartedly. At 11 years old, while playing with local team SC Welberg's youth squad, he took part in a trial on the NAC open day, impressed their scouts and joined the club. At that time he played mainly as a [[Midfielder#Wide midfielder|right midfielder]]; when he was 14, he was cut from NAC's academy and he went into amateur football with [[VV Steenbergen]].<ref name="V.V. Steenbergen">{{cite web|url=http://www.vvsteenbergen.nl |title=V.V. "Steenbergen" |publisher=Vvsteenbergen.nl |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>{{notfailed in citationverification|date=September 2020}} He then switched his position to become a striker, and ascended to the club's first team.<ref name="V.V. Steenbergen"/>
 
==Club career==
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The following [[1995–96 in Scottish football|1995–96]] season, saw Van Hooijdonk in outstanding form for Celtic. He scored 32 goals, including 26 in the League which saw him finish as top scorer. Of particular note was his prowess at scoring from free kicks. However, despite Van Hooijdonk's goals and the attractive football being played by manager [[Tommy Burns (footballer)|Tommy Burns]]' side, Celtic still finished the season without any silverware.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
Van Hooijdonk's next season at Celtic, [[1996–97 in Scottish football|1996–97]], was an unhappy time for both the player and the club. A row with the Celtic chairman/owner, [[Fergus McCann]], would rumble on and as a result, he often ended up on the bench. The manager of the DutchNetherlands national team [[Guus Hiddink]] then told him he wouldn't be selected for such as long as he was not a regular at Celtic.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
He eventually left Celtic over a wage dispute towards the end of the 1996–97 season, stating that the reputed £7,000 a week rise he was being offered might be "good enough for the homeless" to live on "but not for an international striker." In total Van Hooijdonk scored 52 goals for Celtic in 84 appearances.<ref name=greed>Gordon Thomson. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,904080,00.html The worst sporting diplomats] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002010731/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,904080,00.html |date=2 October 2006 }} ''Observer Sport Monthly'', 2 March 2003, Retrieved 11 January 2007</ref> He went on to join up with [[Nottingham Forest]] in a deal worth up to £4.5 million.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
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Van Hooijdonk arrived as Forest were in deep relegation trouble, struggling to maintain their position in the [[Premier League]]. He made his debut for Forest in a 1–1 draw against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn]] on 11 March 1997. It was hoped the arrival of van Hooijdonk would kick-start their survival, but he scored just one goal in his eight games for them that season. Although only one of those games was lost, the other seven were drawn and Forest were relegated. He immediately pledged his future to help the club regain its status.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
The following season was an unqualified success, both for him and Forest. Forest won the title and promotion in a competitive league (facing stiff opposition from [[Sunderland A.F.C|Sunderland]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton]] and [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]), with van Hooijdonk scoring 34 goals and building up a good partnership with strike partner [[Kevin Campbell (footballer)|Kevin Campbell]], who scored 23 times. During the 97-9897–98 season, Van Hooijdonk clashed with manager [[Dave Bassett]] over the setup of the team, and desired a move to [[PSV Eindhoven]]. [[Newcastle United]] also offered £7 million for him, but Bassett would only let Van Hooijdonk go for £10 million.<ref>The big interview: Pierre Van Hooijdonk - "I should've waited before going on strike at Forest... but Dave Bassett was a snake", FourFourTwo; Flanagan, Chris, November 23, 2016</ref> He was a regular in the [[Netherlands national football team|DutchNetherlands national squad]], and was named in the Dutch squad for [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] in France where he scored as a substitute in the match against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
After the World Cup had finished he discovered that the promised strengthening to the Forest squad to enable them to cope back in the Premier League had not transpired, indeed that his strike partner Campbell (who had an ongoing back injury) had been sold to [[Trabzonspor]] for £2.5m. The club had also announced that [[Scot Gemmill]] was dropped from the first team for refusing to sign a new contract, and that club captain and terrace hero [[Colin Cooper]] was being allowed to leave to the team promoted alongside them as runners up, [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]. Van Hooijdonk asked for a transfer. The club's new owners refused. Van Hooijdonk announced that he had been told previously that he could leave the club at the end of the 1997–98 season if he so wished, that he felt betrayed by the club's owners who had failed to deliver on their promises to him regarding the strengthening of the team, and that he felt he could no longer play for his employers. Forest, desperate for a striker, refused to allow him to be transfer-listed again, so van Hooijdonk announced his intention to strike. He kept fit by training with his former club [[NAC Breda]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
Because of his behaviour, Van Hooijdonk received criticism both from fans and from his teammates, not least from team-mate [[Steve Stone (footballer)|Steve Stone]] and manager [[Dave Bassett]]. The club refused to listen to offers for him, as they needed a top striker and the stand-off lasted until early November when van Hooijdonk, realising that he had no choice, agreed to return and played in a game against [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1998/nov/07/match.sport8 |title=Van still the man but Gayle blows down Bassett's house of straw |publisher=Guardian |date=7 November 1998 |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref> By this time the club was again in relegation trouble: bottom of the league without a win in nine games. He played sporadically between then and the end of the season. He scored 6 goals in his 19 starts in the Premier League, including his first goal in his second game back against Forest's fierce rivals [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], helping them to a draw. Infamously after this goal, most of his team-mates refused to celebrate alongside him, instead going to Scot Gemmill, the man who crossed the ball to him. He also scored a last-minute home equaliser against rivals [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] with a trademark free-kick that protected Forest's proud unbeaten home run against them that went back to 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/head2.sd?team2id=1563&team1id=1845|title=head to head|access-date=6 July 2009|publisher=Racing Post}}</ref> In another game against [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] he scored to put Forest 1-0 up but was then sent off as they ultimately lost 3-13–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1998/dec/14/match.leicestercity |title=Forest's Flying Dutchman arrives late again |publisher=Guardian |date=14 December 1998 |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref> Forest ended the 1998–99 Premier League season bottom and were relegated. [[Ralf Rangnick]], then coach of [[VfB Stuttgart]], wanted to bring Van Hooijdonk to Germany, but chairman Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder refused, feeling that Van Hooijdonk was too expensive at the age of 30.<ref>Interview with Ralf Rangnick, "I didn't fail with my concept", Spiegel Sports, April 27, 2001</ref><ref>Ralf Rangnick:‘Johan Cruijff zit in mijn voetbalziel verankerd’, Vi, Peter Wekking, December 7, 2016</ref>
 
===Vitesse===
At the end of the 1998–99 season he returned to the Netherlands with [[SBV Vitesse]] in a £3.5m move to continue his career after and did much to convince his critics of his goal-scoring abilities when he helped the [[Arnhem]] team to a [[UEFA Cup]] spot with 25 goals in one season. He also returned intoto the DutchNetherlands national team in this period.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
===Benfica===
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==Personal life==
Van Hooijdonk ishas thea father ofson, [[Sydney van Hooijdonk|Sydney]], who ismade alsohis adebut for [[NAC Breda]] professionalin footballer2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bndestem.nl/nac/voetbal-was-nooit-ver-weg-in-huize-van-hooijdonk~a62557f8/|title=Cookies op bndestem.nl - bndestem.nl|website=www.bndestem.nl}}</ref>
 
It was reported in May 2008 that van Hooijdonk had been a victim of fraud and had lost £2,000,000 to a scam, which involved him investing in a Chinese textile company that did not exist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/05/pierre_van_hooijdonk_conned_ou.php |title=Pierre van Hooijdonk conned out of €2.5m |publisher=DutchNews.nl |date=20 May 2008 |access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
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!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Scottish League Cup]], [[Football League Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
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|rowspan="3"|[[RBC (football club)|RBC]]
|[[1989–90 Eerste Divisie|1989–90]]
|[[Eerste Divisie]]
|32||6|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||6
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|[[1990–91 Eerste Divisie|1990–91]]
|Eerste Divisie
|37||27|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||37||27
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!69!!33!! !! !!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!69!!33
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|rowspan="5"|[[NAC Breda|NAC]]
|[[1991–92 Eerste Divisie|1991–92]]
|Eerste Divisie
|35||20|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||35||20
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|[[1992–93 Eerste Divisie|1992–93]]
|Eerste Divisie
|33||26|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||26
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|[[1993–94 Eredivisie|1993–94]]
|[[Eredivisie]]
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|[[1994–95 Eredivisie|1994–95]]
|Eredivisie
|16||10|| || ||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||10
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|rowspan="4"|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|[[1994–95 Celtic F.C. season|1994–95]]
|[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]]
|14||4||5||4||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||8
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|[[1995–96 Celtic F.C. season|1995–96]]
|Scottish Premier Division
|34||26||4||4||3||2||3{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||44||32
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|[[1996–97 Celtic F.C. season|1996–97]]
|Scottish Premier Division
|21||14||2||1||2||1||4{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||29||16
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!colspan="2"|Total
!69!!44!!11!!9!!5!!3!!7!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!92!!56
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|rowspan="4"|[[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
|[[1996–97 Nottingham Forest F.C. season|1996–97]]
||[[Premier League]]
|8||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||1
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|[[1997–98 Nottingham Forest F.C. season|1997–98]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
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|[[1998–99 Nottingham Forest F.C. season|1998–99]]
|Premier League
|21||6||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||6
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!71!!36!!1!!1!!5!!4!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!77!!41
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|[[Vitesse Arnhem|Vitesse]]
|[[1999–2000 Eredivisie|1999–2000]]
|Eredivisie
|29||25||3||1||colspan="2"|–||4{{efn|name=UC}}||2||colspan="2"|–||36||28
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|[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|[[2000–01 S.L. Benfica season|2000–01]]
|[[Primeira Liga]]
|30||19||3||2||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|name=UC}}||2||colspan="2"|–||35||23
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|rowspan="3"|[[Feyenoord]]
|[[2001–02 Feyenoord season|2001–02]]
|Eredivisie
|33||24||2||0||colspan="2"|–||12{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in [[UEFA Champions League]], eight appearances and eight goals in UEFA Cup}}||9||colspan="2"|–||47||33
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|[[2002–03 Feyenoord season|2002–03]]
|Eredivisie
|28||28||4||0||colspan="2"|–||5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||1||1{{efn|Appearance in [[UEFA Super Cup]]}}||1||3738||2930
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!61!!52!!6!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!17!!10!!841!!621!!85!!63
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]]
|[[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|34||24||3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||37||25
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|[[2004–05 Süper Lig|2004–05]]
|Süper Lig
|19||8||2||1||colspan="2"|–||5{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup}}||1||colspan="2"|–||26||10
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!colspan="2"|Total
!53!!32!!5!!2!!colspan="2"|–!!5!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!63!!35
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|[[NAC Breda]]
|[[2005–06 Eredivisie|2005–06]]
|Eredivisie
|17||5||3||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||8
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|rowspan="3"|Feyenoord
|[[2005–06 Feyenoord season|2005–06]]
|Eredivisie
|11||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||111{{efn|name=EPO|Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs}}||0||12||3
|-
|[[2006–07 Feyenoord season|2006–07]]
|Eredivisie
|26||5||2||0||colspan="2"|–||4{{efn|name=UC}}||0||322{{efn|name=EPO}}||1||34||56
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!colspan="2"|Total
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!colspan="3"|Career total
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'''Fenerbahçe'''
*[[Süper Lig]]: [[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Süper Lig|2004–05]]{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
'''Individual'''
*[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]] Top Scorer: [[1995–96 Scottish Premier Division|1995–96]]{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#First Division 9|1997–98 First Division]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile |year=1998 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden |isbn=978-1-85291-588-9 |page=352}}</ref>
*[[Football League First Division]] top scorer: [[1997–98 Football League|1997–98]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html |title=Premier League & Football League Div 1 Leading Goalscorers 1993–2004 |first=James M. |last=Ross |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
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*[[List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers#Winners by seasons|UEFA Cup Top Scorer]]: 2001–02<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/uefa-cup-2001-2002/|title=Europa League 2001/2002 » Top Scorer|publisher=WorldFootball.net|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[Eredivisie#Top scorers|Eredivisie Top Scorer]]: [[2001–02 in Dutch football|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/ned-eredivisie-2001-2002/|title=Eredivisie 2001/2002 » Top Scorer|publisher=WorldFootball.net|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[Dutch Footballer of the Year]]: 2001–02{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
*[[Milliyet Sports Awards|Turkish Footballer of the Year]]: 2004{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
 
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