SOCCER PLAYER

Didi

1928 - 2001

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Waldyr Pereira (8 October 1928 – 12 May 2001), also known as Didi (Brazilian Portuguese: [dʒiˈdʒi]), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups (1954, 1958, and 1962), winning the latter two. An elegant and technical player, Didi was renowned for his range of passing, stamina and technique. He also was a free-kick specialist, being famous for inventing the folha seca (dry leaf) dead ball free kicks, notably used by modern-day players such as Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo, where the ball would swerve downward unexpectedly at a point resulting in a goal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Didi is the 33rd most popular soccer player, the 17th most popular biography from Brazil and the 10th 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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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Didi ranks 33 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Alberto Torres, Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine, Lothar Matthäus, and Mircea Lucescu. After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Vavá, Roberto Baggio, Ronaldinho, Ruud Gullit, and Paolo Maldini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Didi ranks 20. Before him are Roger Vadim, Osamu Tezuka, Philip K. Dick, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Rinus Michels, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. After him are Jeanne Moreau, Yves Klein, Alexander Grothendieck, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Shirley Temple. Among people deceased in 2001, Didi ranks 5. Before him are Anthony Quinn, George Harrison, Tove Jansson, and Josef Bican. After him are Claude Shannon, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Jorge Amado, Jack Lemmon, Herbert A. Simon, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Didi ranks 17 out of 2,236. Before him are Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Jairzinho (1944), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), and Sócrates (1954). After him are João Havelange (1916), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Jorge Amado (1912), Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), and Ronaldinho (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Didi ranks 10. Before him are Ronaldo (1976), Zico (1953), Jairzinho (1944), Rivellino (1946), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), and Sócrates (1954). After him are Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), Djalma Santos (1929), Romário (1966), Roberto Carlos (1973), and Nílton Santos (1925).

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