SOCCER PLAYER

Bebeto

1964 - Today

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José Roberto Gama de Oliveira (born 16 February 1964), known as Bebeto (Brazilian Portuguese: [beˈbɛtu]), is a Brazilian former professional football player who played as a forward. He entered politics in the 2010 Brazilian general elections and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro representing the Democratic Labour Party. With 39 goals in 75 appearances for Brazil, Bebeto is the sixth highest goalscorer for his national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bebeto has received more than 1,503,462 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Bebeto is the 85th most popular soccer player (down from 84th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Bebeto is most famous for being the mascot of the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bebetos by language

Over the past year Bebeto has had the most page views in the with 209,506 views, followed by English (198,191), and Spanish (113,196). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Thai (97.79%), Southern Azerbaijani (92.36%), and Latvian (68.00%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bebeto ranks 85 out of 21,273. Before him are Paul Breitner, Béla Guttmann, Bobby Moore, Rudi Völler, Rob Rensenbrink, and Kurt Hamrin. After him are Carlos Queiroz, Hristo Stoichkov, Peter Schmeichel, Gabriel Batistuta, Guillermo Stábile, and Gylmar dos Santos Neves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Bebeto ranks 16. Before him are Dan Brown, Sarah Palin, Roberto Mancini, Juliette Binoche, Kamala Harris, and Boris Johnson. After him are Robert Fico, Michael Laudrup, Rocco Siffredi, Jack Ma, Ronnie Coleman, and Klaus Ebner.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Bebeto ranks 39 out of 2,236. Before him are Nelson Piquet (1952), Nílton Santos (1925), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), and João Gilberto (1931). After him are Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), José Altafini (1938), Kaká (1982), and Cafu (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Bebeto ranks 19. Before him are Djalma Santos (1929), Romário (1966), Roberto Carlos (1973), Nílton Santos (1925), Rivaldo (1972), and Neymar (1992). After him are Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), José Altafini (1938), Kaká (1982), Cafu (1970), Zito (1932), and Leônidas (1913).

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