SOCCER PLAYER

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo

1938 - 2019

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Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, usually referred to as Altair (22 January 1938 – 9 August 2019), was a football defender and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1962 World Cup. He spent his entire career at Fluminense, for which he played 551 games, scoring twice. He was called "magro" (slim) because he was skinny and despite his modest physical appearance, was a tough tackler and tremendous marker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Altair Gomes de Figueiredo has received more than 70,903 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Altair Gomes de Figueiredo is the 1,027th most popular soccer player (up from 1,177th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 281st in 2019) and the 105th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo ranks 1,027 out of 21,273. Before him are Claude Le Roy, Guido Masetti, Antonio Puerta, Diego Godín, Hristo Bonev, and Björn Nordqvist. After him are Julio César Romero, Andrej Kvašňák, Wilfried Van Moer, Quique Sánchez Flores, Yusuke Omi, and Guillermo Subiabre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo ranks 197. Before him are Willi Schulz, Daidō Moriyama, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Liya Akhedzhakova, and Lindsay Kemp. After him are Zbigniew Religa, Daniel Buren, Evel Knievel, Nieves Navarro, Günter Brus, and Chas Chandler. Among people deceased in 2019, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo ranks 158. Before him are Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Ken Kercheval, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Paul Volcker, Dick Dale, and Edith González. After him are Ric Ocasek, Krishna Sobti, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Peter Schreier, Luigi Colani, and José Antonio Reyes.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo ranks 242 out of 2,236. Before him are Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Friaça (1924), Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1845), Carlos Chagas (1879), Jorge Ben (1942), and Silvio Santos (1930). After him are Marinho Peres (1947), Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (1940), Regina Duarte (1947), Philippe Coutinho (1992), Rodrigo Santoro (1975), and Maicon Sisenando (1981).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo ranks 105. Before him are Giovane Élber (1972), Bauer (1925), Branco (1964), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959), Paulo Cézar Caju (1949), and Friaça (1924). After him are Marinho Peres (1947), Philippe Coutinho (1992), Maicon Sisenando (1981), Edu (1949), Edmundo (1971), and Joel Antônio Martins (1931).

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