1965 - Today
Aldair Nascimento dos Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [awdaˈiʁ]; born 30 November 1965), known simply as Aldair, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a centre back, and who was part of the Brazil national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Considered as one of Brazil's greatest defenders ever, he spent most of his professional career at Italian club AS Roma, where he later also served as captain, winning the Serie A title with the club in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aldair has received more than 464,507 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Aldair is the 495th most popular soccer player (up from 605th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 146th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Aldair ranks 495 out of 16,880. Before him are Santillana, Kiyoo Kanda, Norio Yoshimizu, Shiro Teshima, Preben Elkjær, and Horst Hrubesch. After him are Philipp Lahm, Wilfried Van Moer, Tarcisio Burgnich, Keylor Navas, Herbert Kilpin, and Samir Nasri.
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 489
1900 - 1970
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 490
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 491
1907 - 1982
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 492
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 493
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 494
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 495
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 496
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 497
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 498
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 499
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 500
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 501
Among people born in 1965, Aldair ranks 51. Before him are Jean Castex, Aamir Khan, Elizabeth Hurley, Jürgen Kohler, Raí, and Lucinda Riley. After him are Stefano Pioli, Martin Lawrence, Mathieu Amalric, Julia Ormond, Chris Rock, and Vahide Perçin.
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 45
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 46
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 47
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 48
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 49
1965 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 50
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 51
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 52
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 53
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 54
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 55
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 56
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 57
Among people born in Brazil, Aldair ranks 131 out of 2,067. Before him are Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Edu Coimbra (1947), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Raí (1965), Jânio Quadros (1917), and Roberto Burle Marx (1909). After him are Floriano Peixoto (1839), Felipe Massa (1981), Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), Washington Luís (1869), Pierre Clostermann (1921), and Oscar (1954).
1899 - 1969
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 125
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 126
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 127
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 128
1917 - 1992
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 129
1909 - 1994
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 130
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 131
1839 - 1895
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 132
1981 - Present
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 133
1822 - 1901
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 134
1869 - 1957
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 135
1921 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 136
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 137
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Aldair ranks 55. Before him are Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Émerson Leão (1949), Tite (1961), Edu Coimbra (1947), and Raí (1965). After him are Oscar (1954), Thiago Silva (1984), Zé Roberto (1974), Domingos da Guia (1912), David Luiz (1987), and Rogério Ceni (1973).
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 49
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 51
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 52
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 53
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 54
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 55
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 56
1984 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 57
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 58
1912 - 2000
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 59
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 60
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 61