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Augusto da Costa

1920 - 2004

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Augusto da Costa (22 October 1920 – 1 March 2004), sometimes known as just Augusto, was a Brazilian footballer who played for the Brazil national football team. He captained the Brazil team to the 1950 FIFA World Cup final leading them to become the runners-up of the tournament after losing to Uruguay. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusto da Costa has received more than 37,711 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Augusto da Costa is the 1,747th most popular soccer player (down from 1,385th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 314th in 2019) and the 178th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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  • 38k

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  • 48.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Augusto da Costa ranks 1,747 out of 16,880Before her are Johnny Hansen, Víctor Muñoz, Roberto Miranda, Juan Santisteban, Eulogio Martínez, and Isacio Calleja. After her are Ricardo Gareca, Uwe Bein, Mario Varglien, Ivan Buljan, Émile Veinante, and Gunnar Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Augusto da Costa ranks 246Before her are Silvestre Igoa, Amos Tutuola, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Vincent Gardenia, John Dall, and Anna Langfus. After her are Maxi Herber, George London, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Wayne Thiebaud, Clark Terry, and Hilmar Baunsgaard. Among people deceased in 2004, Augusto da Costa ranks 167Before her are Luis E. Miramontes, Gennadi Strekalov, Bryce DeWitt, Hasse Ekman, Bror Mellberg, and Daniel J. Boorstin. After her are Daouda Malam Wanké, Ancel Keys, John Randolph, John Drew Barrymore, Frank Thomas, and Torsten Hägerstrand.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Augusto da Costa ranks 388 out of 2,067Before her are Serginho (1971), Otto Glória (1917), Diego (1985), Oswaldo de Oliveira (1950), Roberto Miranda (1944), and Glória Pires (1963). After her are Luiz Gustavo (1987), Leivinha (1949), Augusto Tasso Fragoso (1869), Odilo Scherer (1949), Zinho (1967), and Fernandinho (1985).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Augusto da Costa ranks 178Before her are Afonsinho (1914), Juliano Belletti (1976), Serginho (1971), Otto Glória (1917), Diego (1985), and Roberto Miranda (1944). After her are Luiz Gustavo (1987), Leivinha (1949), Zinho (1967), Fernandinho (1985), Amílcar Barbuy (1893), and Juvenal Amarijo (1923).