SOCCER PLAYER

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 37,304 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Augusto da Costa is the 1,573rd most popular soccer player (up from 1,747th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 387th in 2019) and the 161st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Augusto da Costas by language

Over the past year Augusto da Costa has had the most page views in the with 4,572 views, followed by English (4,549), and Portuguese (4,196). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (441.54%), Tatar (58.33%), and Simple English (54.28%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Augusto da Costa ranks 1,573 out of 21,273. Before her are Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Sadok Sassi, Slobodan Santrač, Gabriele Oriali, Louis Van Hege, and Nagayasu Honda. After her are Dragiša Binić, Giora Spiegel, Paco Bienzobas, Jorge Olguín, Marcelo Brozović, and Joaquim Rifé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Augusto da Costa ranks 219. Before her are Clark Terry, Amos Tutuola, Camillo Felgen, Machiko Hasegawa, Danilo Alvim, and Lea Padovani. After her are Fiorenzo Magni, Clifton James, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Hilda Bernard, Eric Sturgess, and Robert Leckie. Among people deceased in 2004, Augusto da Costa ranks 151. Before her are Rogelio Domínguez, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Ivan Hlinka, Ryszard Kukliński, Carlo Rustichelli, and Bryce DeWitt. After her are Xenophon Zolotas, Rick James, Eric Sturgess, Barney Kessel, Dimebag Darrell, and Carrie Snodgress.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Augusto da Costa ranks 350 out of 2,236. Before her are Jair Marinho (1936), Ary Barroso (1903), Arthur Machado (1909), Marcos Paquetá (1958), Nereu Ramos (1888), and Gilmar Rinaldi (1959). After her are Gilberto Freyre (1900), Airto Moreira (1941), Zé Mário (1949), Mauro Silva (1968), Augusto Tasso Fragoso (1869), and Anderson Silva (1975).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Augusto da Costa ranks 161. Before her are Nelsinho Baptista (1950), Danilo Alvim (1920), Jair Marinho (1936), Arthur Machado (1909), Marcos Paquetá (1958), and Gilmar Rinaldi (1959). After her are Mauro Silva (1968), Silas Pereira (1965), Zequinha (1934), Paulinho (1988), Ruy Ramos (1957), and Baltazar (1926).

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