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Surely the name of Willy van der Kuylen is known only by the most careful, but it is the most prolific striker in the history of Dutch football. Born December 6, 1946, and already a young age, he entered the ranks of PSV Eindhoven in his debut first team to not even eighteen, after a period of apprenticeship in the MVV Maastricht. "Mister PSV Eindhoven", so it was dubbed, soon reveals itself to a relentless scorer and in the 1965-66 season, just 19 years, won the ranking of the markers with 23 goals. It will be repeated again in 1969-70 and in 1973-74 making 26 goals with 27 centers.

For Willy van der Kuylen at the end of his career, the match report says 311 networks in the league, 57 in Dutch Cup, European Cup in 29 and 309 in friendly. Certainly a remarkable performance that unfortunately did not allow him to have a positive feeling as with the national team, with which it has 22 appearances and 7 goals, not in races that actually counted (see World Cup 1974 and 1978), mainly because of outstanding competition against champions Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam.

It is from Amsterdam comes the great rival of Willy van der Kuylen in the race al titolo di capocannoniere, quel Gertrudus “Ruud” Geels che nel 1974 passa dal Go Ahead Eagles Deventer all’Ajax Amsterdam. La sfortuna di Ruud Geels è stata quella di essere approdato all’Ajax Amsterdam soltanto nell’estate del 1974, quando il primo glorioso ciclo del club di Amsterdam si stava esaurendo. Avesse avuto la possibilità di giocare al fianco di Johan Cruijff e Johan Neeskens la sua popolarità internazionale avrebbe toccato altre quote.

Ruud Geels è comunque riuscito a conquistare per ben 5 volte il titolo di cannoniere, rappresentando un record assoluto in Olanda, di cui 4 consecutivi, record eguagliato da un certo Marco Van Basten sempre con la maglia dell’Ajax Amsterdam. Ruud Geels was still a great character, both in his native Holland, where he played with the four top clubs in the country, in Belgium, where he defended the colors of FC Brussels RSC Anderlecht and Club Bruges. Athletic striker, fast, brave, worthy threat in the air, the little blond crinita Ruud Geels for years has terrorized the defense of Belgium and Holland. For him, at the end of his career in the Eredivisie, well unfortunately the 266 networks that were worth only a second and third place in the "Golden Shoe" trophy for the best European striker, in 1975 and 1977. For him, too little success with the national team which has 20 appearances and 11 goals. Ruud Geels can boast the record of having the dress shirts of the three most important clubs in the Netherlands, that is, Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord Rotterdam.

worthy opponent, and heir to the throne of the list of markers is Kees Kist, powerful striker dell'AZ'67 Alkmaar, after two second places in the top scorer in 1979, has less than 34 networks that are worth title scorer and the ultimate success in the "Golden Shoe". Strangely, in the only season in which the performance of this phenomenal striker has failed, his team, the AZ'67 Alkmaar, managed to win the championship, breaking the hegemony of the big three of Dutch football. Kees Kist at the end of his career has made 211 goals in the Eredivisie, finishing in fourth place all time, while the national orange markings will only 4 in 21 games.

the third highest scorer in the Eredivisie are Johan Cruijff, which we have already discussed in previous articles. For the greatest European footballer of all time goals scored were 216. Then there Tonny Van der Linden, a great striker DOS Utrecht in the late 50's. In the same period are Henk Groot Ajax Amsterdam, while in the 80s it was revealed Peter Houtman, which ha vestito i colori del Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Groningen, Sparta Rotterdam e FC Den Haag. Ai primi posti, tuttavia, non troviamo alcuni grandi attaccanti come Coen Moulijn, Johnny Rep, Rob Rensenbrink, Marco van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert o Ruud van Nistelrooy. Per molti di loro, il trasferimento nei campionati esteri in età molto giovane, ha impedito loro di poter tentare l’assalto ai primi posti della classifica.

311	Willy va der Kuylen	PSV Eindhoven – MVV Maastricht
266	Ruud Geels	Telstar Ijmuiden - Feyenoord Rotterdam Go Ahead Eagles Deventer - Ajax Amsterdam Sparta Rotterdam - PSV Eindhoven - NAC Breda
216	Johan Cruyff	Ajax Amsterdam - Feyenoord Rotterdam
211	Kees Chest	AZ'67 Alkmaar
208	Tonny van der Linden	DOS Utrecht
195	Henk Groot	Ajax Amsterdam - Feyenoord Rotterdam
180	Peter Houtman	Feyenoord Rotterdam - FC Groningen Sparta Rotterdam - FC Den Haag
175	Sjaak Swart	Ajax Amsterdam
174	Leo van Veen	DOS Utrecht - FC Utrecht - Ajax Amsterdam
161	Cor van der Gijp	Feyenoord Rotterdam