Soccer Player

Didi

Brazilian footballer and manager

1928 - 2001

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His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Didi is the 27th most popular soccer player (up from 33rd in 2024), the 16th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 17th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Didi is most famous for being the founder of Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company.

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Didi ranks #27 of 24,321 Soccer Players worldwide, placing them among the top 1% of the profession.

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Didi's biography appears in 49 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 94% of all Soccer Players.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Didi ranks 27 out of 24,321. Before him are Francisco Gento, Mário Zagallo, Cesare Maldini, George Best, Jairzinho, and Sócrates. After him are Josef Bican, Lionel Messi, Rivellino, Raymond Kopa, Roberto Carlos, and Just Fontaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Didi ranks 16. Before him are Eduard Shevardnadze, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Serge Gainsbourg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Joe Jackson. After him are Philip K. Dick, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rinus Michels, Osamu Tezuka, and Roger Vadim. Among people deceased in 2001, Didi ranks 5. Before him are Herbert A. Simon, Anthony Quinn, Tove Jansson, and George Harrison. After him are Josef Bican, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Don Bradman, Jack Lemmon, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Clifford Shull, and Jorge Amado.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Didi ranks 16 out of 2,779. Before him are Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Mário Zagallo (1931), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Jairzinho (1944), and Sócrates (1954). After him are Rivellino (1946), Nelson Piquet (1952), Roberto Carlos (1973), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), and Getúlio Vargas (1882).

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Among Soccer Players In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Didi ranks 8. Before him are Garrincha (1933), Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), Mário Zagallo (1931), Jairzinho (1944), and Sócrates (1954). After him are Rivellino (1946), Roberto Carlos (1973), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Ronaldinho (1980), Romário (1966), and Vavá (1934).

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