SOCCER PLAYER

Djalma Santos

1929 - 2013

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Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos, known simply as Djalma Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [diˈʒawmɐ ˈsɐ̃tus]; also spelled Dejalma Santos; 27 February 1929 – 23 July 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who starred for the Brazil national team in four World Cups and winning the 1958 and 1962 editions. Santos is considered to be one of the greatest right-backs of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Djalma Santos has received more than 441,952 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Djalma Santos is the 44th most popular soccer player (up from 54th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 34th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Djalma Santos is most famous for being a Brazilian football player who played for the Brazilian national team in two World Cups.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Djalma Santos ranks 44 out of 21,273. Before him are Ruud Gullit, Paolo Maldini, Sándor Kocsis, Antonín Panenka, Jürgen Klinsmann, and Gunnar Nordahl. After him are Josef Masopust, Omar Sívori, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Romário, Paolo Rossi, and Stanley Matthews.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Djalma Santos ranks 26. Before him are Oriana Fallaci, Peter Higgs, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Max von Sydow, Sándor Kocsis, and Christopher Plummer. After him are Tigran Petrosian, James Hong, Sam Nujoma, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Isamu Akasaki, and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 2013, Djalma Santos ranks 11. Before him are Peter O'Toole, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Jorge Rafael Videla, Doris Lessing, and Heinrich Rohrer. After him are Giulio Andreotti, Frederick Sanger, Robert Coleman Richardson, Douglas Engelbart, Lou Reed, and Paul Walker.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Djalma Santos ranks 25 out of 2,236. Before him are Getúlio Vargas (1882), Jorge Amado (1912), Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Ronaldinho (1980), and Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948). After him are Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Paulo Freire (1921), Romário (1966), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Djalma Santos ranks 13. Before him are Rivellino (1946), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Vavá (1934), and Ronaldinho (1980). After him are Romário (1966), Roberto Carlos (1973), Nílton Santos (1925), Rivaldo (1972), Neymar (1992), and Bebeto (1964).

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