SOCCER PLAYER

Edmundo

1971 - Today

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Edmundo Alves de Souza Oliveira (born 2 April 1971), better known simply as Edmundo, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed "O Animal", he was a talented yet controversial footballer and drew attention both for his skill, as well as for his volatile behaviour, both on and off the pitch.Edmundo started his professional career in Vasco da Gama in 1991, making his debut in 1992, where he won the Cariocão Grupo A in 1992. In 1993, he signed with Palmeiras, where he was part of the team that won the Brasileirão Série A in 1993 and 1994 and the Paulistão Série A1 in 1993, which ended the club's 17-year major title drought, and 1994, with a loan spell at Parma in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmundo has received more than 39,839 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmundo is the 1,106th most popular soccer player (up from 1,183rd in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 110th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edmundos by language

Over the past year Edmundo has had the most page views in the with 187,659 views, followed by Italian (54,684), and Spanish (26,661). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (477.89%), Persian (315.89%), and Malagasy (133.48%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Edmundo ranks 1,106 out of 21,273. Before him are Joselu, Ivica Olić, Michio Yasuda, Marcelo Gallardo, Helmuth Duckadam, and Julio Salinas. After him are Svatopluk Pluskal, Jaap Eden, Isao Iwabuchi, Mats Hummels, Joel Antônio Martins, and Víctor Rodríguez Andrade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Edmundo ranks 69. Before him are Dino Baggio, David Coulthard, Evgeny Kissin, Andy Whitfield, Jennifer Lee, and Chris Tucker. After him are Ma Huateng, David Arquette, Michael Adams, Valdis Dombrovskis, Zlatko Zahovič, and J. Y. Park.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Edmundo ranks 255 out of 2,236. Before him are Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803), Nilo Peçanha (1867), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Anselmo Duarte (1920), Edu (1949), and José Linhares (1886). After him are Joel Antônio Martins (1931), Emerson (1976), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Antônio Fagundes (1949), Arthur Bernardes (1875), and Carlos Mozer (1960).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Edmundo ranks 110. Before him are Friaça (1924), Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938), Marinho Peres (1947), Philippe Coutinho (1992), Maicon Sisenando (1981), and Edu (1949). After him are Joel Antônio Martins (1931), Emerson (1976), Carlos Mozer (1960), Francisco Aramburu (1922), Julinho (1929), and Zé Maria (1949).

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