1970 - Today
Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu ([kaˈfu]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, one of the best defenders ever to play in Serie A, and as one of the greatest Brazilian and South American players of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cafu has received more than 3,285,585 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 59 in 2019). Cafu is the 122nd 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.
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Among soccer players, Cafu ranks 122 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.
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 116
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 117
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 118
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 119
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 120
1978 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 121
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 122
1917 - Present
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 123
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 124
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 125
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 126
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 127
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 128
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.
1970 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 1
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2
1970 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 5
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 11
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
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).
1932 - 2015
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 47
1992 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 48
1983 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 49
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 50
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 51
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 52
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 53
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 54
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 55
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 56
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 57
1922 - 1996
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 58
1846 - 1921
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 59
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).
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 20
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 22
1932 - 2015
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 23
1992 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 24
1983 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 26
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 27
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 28
1922 - 1996
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 29
1921 - 2002
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 30
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 31
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 32