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Ademir de Menezes

1922 - 1996

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Ademir Marques de Menezes (Portuguese pronunciation: [adeˈmiʁ]; 8 November 1922 – 11 May 1996) was a Brazilian footballer, regarded as one of the best forwards in football history. His prominent underbite earned him the nickname "Queixada", which means "jaw". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ademir de Menezes has received more than 92,969 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ademir de Menezes is the 138th most popular soccer player (down from 118th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Ademir de Menezes is most famous for being the first Brazilian to ever win a Grand Slam tennis title.

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  • 93k

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  • 61.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ademir de Menezes ranks 138 out of 16,880. Before him are Alessandro Del Piero, Dragan Džajić, Sandro Mazzola, Tostão, Telmo Zarra, and Bora Milutinović. After him are Carlos Valderrama, Didier Deschamps, Pavel Nedvěd, Carles Rexach, Luis Enrique, and Rudi Völler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Ademir de Menezes ranks 50. Before him are Nils Liedholm, Michel Galabru, Blake Edwards, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Julius Nyerere, and Robert W. Holley. After him are Juan Antonio Villacañas, Cornelius Castoriadis, Alberto Granado, Francesco Rosi, John B. Goodenough, and Michael Cacoyannis. Among people deceased in 1996, Ademir de Menezes ranks 37. Before him are Andreas Papandreou, Odysseas Elytis, Nevill Francis Mott, Abdus Salam, Masaki Kobayashi, and António de Spínola. After him are Claudette Colbert, Victor Ambartsumian, George Davis Snell, Helmut Schön, Gladwyn Jebb, and Virginia Henderson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ademir de Menezes ranks 58 out of 2,067. Before him are Gilberto Gil (1942), Cafu (1970), Kaká (1982), Machado de Assis (1839), Tostão (1947), and Vinicius de Moraes (1913). After him are Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), Zumbi (1655), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Zizinho (1921), José Altafini (1938), and Hélder Câmara (1909).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Ademir de Menezes ranks 29. Before him are Zito (1932), Neymar (1992), Dani Alves (1983), Cafu (1970), Kaká (1982), and Tostão (1947). After him are Zizinho (1921), José Altafini (1938), Gérson (1941), Careca (1960), Pepe (1935), and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921).

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