SOCCER PLAYER

Dondinho

1917 - 1996

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João Ramos do Nascimento (2 October 1917 – 16 November 1996), nicknamed Dondinho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre forward. He was the father, mentor and trainer of Pelé. During his own playing career, Dondinho played for a number of clubs, including Atlético Mineiro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dondinho has received more than 1,391,642 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Dondinho is the 640th most popular soccer player (up from 1,031st in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 246th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dondinho ranks 640 out of 21,273. Before him are Santos Iriarte, Christian Karembeu, André Abegglen, Miklós Fehér, Toshio Iwatani, and Brian Laudrup. After him are Roger Byrne, Klaus Augenthaler, Kim Sung-gan, Taro Kagawa, Willy van der Kuijlen, and Akira Nishino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Dondinho ranks 107. Before him are Vasily Petrov, Erich Rudorffer, Luis Carniglia, John Connally, Sameera Moussa, and Giuseppe De Santis. After him are Sharof Rashidov, Vera Lynn, Džemal Bijedić, László Szabó, Petar Brzica, and Phaedon Gizikis. Among people deceased in 1996, Dondinho ranks 85. Before him are Stavros Niarchos, Albert R. Broccoli, Zeki Müren, Karl Frenzel, Christopher Robin Milne, and Saul Bass. After him are Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Amos Tversky, Ben Johnson, Lew Ayres, and David Packard.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Dondinho ranks 149 out of 2,236. Before him are Lúcio (1978), Carlos Kaiser (1963), Floriano Peixoto (1839), Washington Luís (1869), Roberto Burle Marx (1909), and Pierre Clostermann (1921). After him are Milton Nascimento (1942), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), Oscar Schmidt (1958), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), and Vera Fischer (1951).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Dondinho ranks 65. Before him are Zé Roberto (1974), Raí (1965), Zózimo (1932), Dino Sani (1932), Lúcio (1978), and Carlos Kaiser (1963). After him are Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Tite (1961), Adriano (1982), Waldemar de Brito (1913), and Aymoré Moreira (1912).

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