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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cafu has received more than 3,757,552 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 59 in 2019). Cafu is the 121st most popular soccer player (up from 161st in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 66th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cafu ranks 121 out of 16,880. Before him are Fernando Santos, Kunishige Kamamoto, Luigi Riva, Lucien Laurent, Bobby Robson, and Carles Puyol. After him are Ko Arima, Kaká, Miroslav Klose, Robert Lewandowski, Daniel Passarella, and Didier Drogba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Cafu ranks 6. Before him are Matt Damon, Christopher Nolan, Diego Simeone, Rachel Weisz, and Jennifer Connelly. After him are Banksy, Edwin van der Sar, Luis Enrique, Aleksandar Vučić, Gianni Infantino, and Andre Agassi.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Cafu ranks 53 out of 2,067. Before him are Zito (1932), Neymar (1992), Dani Alves (1983), Caetano Veloso (1942), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), and Gilberto Gil (1942). After him are Kaká (1982), Machado de Assis (1839), Tostão (1947), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Ademir de Menezes (1922), and Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Cafu ranks 26. Before him are Bebeto (1964), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Zito (1932), Neymar (1992), and Dani Alves (1983). After him are Kaká (1982), Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Zizinho (1921), José Altafini (1938), and Gérson (1941).

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