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Cafu

1970 - Today

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Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu ([kaˈfu]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, he is known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank He is the most-capped player for the Brazil national team with 142 appearances. At club level, Cafu won several domestic and international titles while playing in Brazil, Spain, and Italy; he is best known for his spells at São Paulo (1989–1995), Roma (1997–2003), and AC Milan (2003–08), teams with which he made history, although he also played briefly for Zaragoza, Juventude, and Palmeiras during a two-year spell from 1995 to 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cafu has received more than 4,099,261 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Cafu is the 106th most popular soccer player (up from 121st in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Cafu is most famous for being the first Brazilian athlete to win the World Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cafu ranks 106 out of 21,273. Before him are Bert Trautmann, Kaká, Eric Cantona, Nándor Hidegkuti, Andriy Shevchenko, and Matthias Sindelar. After him are Zito, Vahid Halilhodžić, René Higuita, Kunishige Kamamoto, Leônidas, and Hiroto Muraoka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Cafu ranks 5. Before him are Javier Milei, Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon, and Diego Simeone. After him are Aleksandar Vučić, Luis Enrique, Edwin van der Sar, Jennifer Connelly, Gianni Infantino, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Banksy.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Cafu ranks 45 out of 2,236. Before him are Bebeto (1964), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), José Altafini (1938), and Kaká (1982). After him are Zito (1932), Leônidas (1913), Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Arthur Friedenreich (1892), and Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Cafu ranks 23. Before him are Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), Bebeto (1964), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), José Altafini (1938), and Kaká (1982). After him are Zito (1932), Leônidas (1913), Arthur Friedenreich (1892), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Gérson (1941), and Tostão (1947).

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