SOCCER PLAYER

Ademir de Menezes

1922 - 1996

Photo of Ademir de Menezes

Icon of person Ademir de Menezes

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 the country's history. His prominent underbite earned him the nickname Queixada (The Jaw). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ademir de Menezes has received more than 107,934 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ademir de Menezes is the 157th most popular soccer player (down from 138th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 58th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ademir de Menezes ranks 157 out of 21,273. Before him are Tameo Ide, Gunnar Gren, Grzegorz Lato, Pavel Nedvěd, Karim Benzema, and Thierry Henry. After him are Andrés Iniesta, Didier Drogba, Héctor Scarone, Davor Šuker, Dennis Bergkamp, and Iker Casillas.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Ademir de Menezes ranks 48. Before him are Agostinho Neto, Nils Liedholm, Julius Nyerere, Arthur Ashkin, Jason Robards, and Cornelius Castoriadis. After him are Leon M. Lederman, Michel Galabru, Betty White, Har Gobind Khorana, Robert W. Holley, and Juan Antonio Villacañas. Among people deceased in 1996, Ademir de Menezes ranks 30. Before him are Marcel Carné, Magda Schneider, Abdus Salam, Artur Axmann, René Clément, and Odysseas Elytis. After him are Solomon Asch, Andreas Papandreou, Gladwyn Jebb, Masaki Kobayashi, Nicu Ceaușescu, and Mohammad Najibullah.

Others Born in 1922

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1996

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ademir de Menezes ranks 57 out of 2,236. Before him are Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Gérson (1941), Tostão (1947), Caetano Veloso (1942), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), and Astrud Gilberto (1940). After him are Roberto Carlos (1941), Gilberto Gil (1942), Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), and Machado de Assis (1839).

Others born in Brazil

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Ademir de Menezes ranks 30. Before him are Zito (1932), Leônidas (1913), Arthur Friedenreich (1892), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Gérson (1941), and Tostão (1947). After him are Pepe (1935), Zizinho (1921), Careca (1960), Dunga (1963), Dani Alves (1983), and Dida (1973).

Brazilian born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous