Soccer Player

Careca

Brazilian footballer

1960 - today

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Careca

His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Careca is the 310th most popular soccer player (down from 213th in 2024), the 80th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 68th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Careca is most famous for being a Brazilian soccer player who played for the Brazilian national team. He played for Santos and won the Copa Libertadores, which is the most prestigious club tournament in South America.

Memorability Metrics

320k

Page Views

Past 12 months

67.18

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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#1

Careca is the most memorable of the 6 notable people born in Araraquara, Brazil.

56

Careca's biography appears in 56 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 98% of all Soccer Players.

Oct 5

Careca shares a October 5 birthday with Denis Diderot, Václav Havel, and Brian Johnson.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Careca ranks 307 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Hierro, Michael Ballack, Hisao Kami, Jair da Costa, Masao Takada, and František Plánička. After him are Akira Nozawa, Piet Keizer, Fernando Torres, Yukio Goto, Gianluca Vialli, and Richard Møller Nielsen.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

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Fernando Hierro
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 304
Michael Ballack
1976 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 305
Hisao Kami
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 306
Jair da Costa
1940 - 2025
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 307
Masao Takada
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 308
František Plánička
1904 - 1996
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 309
Careca
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 310
Akira Nozawa
1914 - 2000
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 311
Piet Keizer
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 312
Fernando Torres
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 313
Yukio Goto
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 314
Gianluca Vialli
1964 - 2023
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 315
Richard Møller Nielsen
1937 - 2014
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 316

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Careca ranks 49. Before him are Kelly LeBrock, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, David Duchovny, Reza Pahlavi, Bono, and Yves Leterme. After him are Lepa Brena, Hugo Weaving, J. Christopher Stevens, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Jorge Sampaoli, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Others Born in 1960

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Kelly LeBrock
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 43
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 44
David Duchovny
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 45
Reza Pahlavi
NOBLEMAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 46
Bono
MUSICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 47
Yves Leterme
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 48
Careca
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 49
Lepa Brena
SINGER
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 50
Hugo Weaving
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 51
J. Christopher Stevens
DIPLOMAT
1960 - 2012
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 52
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 53
Jorge Sampaoli
COACH
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 54
Jean-Michel Basquiat
ARTIST
1960 - 1988
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 55