SOCCER PLAYER

Flávio Costa

1906 - 1999

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Flávio Rodrigues da Costa (14 September 1906 – 22 November 1999) was a Brazilian football player and manager. He managed the Rio de Janeiro clubs Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, as well as Colo Colo of Chile, and FC Porto of Portugal. Costa coached the Brazilian squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; the loss against Uruguay has been described as Brazil's greatest humiliation of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Flávio Costa has received more than 51,314 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Flávio Costa is the 1,297th most popular soccer player (down from 1,200th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 284th in 2019) and the 131st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Flávio Costa ranks 1,297 out of 21,273. Before him are Claudio Bravo, Ademir da Guia, Ramón Grosso, Václav Ježek, Hideo Shinojima, and Migueli. After him are Shigeru Takahashi, Panajot Pano, Sol Campbell, Gabriel Heinze, Wojciech Szczęsny, and Ivica Šurjak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Flávio Costa ranks 172. Before him are Anšlavs Eglītis, José Della Torre, James Quinn, Olena Teliha, Fazıl Küçük, and Mario Soldati. After him are Buddhadasa, Nazim al-Qudsi, Sergei Gerasimov, Paul Sacher, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, and Ulanhu. Among people deceased in 1999, Flávio Costa ranks 122. Before him are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Kazuo Sakamaki, Fritz Fischer, Horst Frank, Grover Washington Jr., and Mario Soldati. After him are Reiner Klimke, Paul Sacher, Theodore Hall, Carlos Romero, Milt Jackson, and Oswaldo Guayasamín.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Flávio Costa ranks 288 out of 2,236. Before him are Éder Jofre (1936), Edmílson (1976), Waldir Peres (1951), Maxwell (1981), Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (1965), and Ademir da Guia (1942). After him are Luiz Bonfá (1922), João Braz de Aviz (1947), Rubem Fonseca (1925), José de Alencar (1829), Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), and Roberto Moreno (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Flávio Costa ranks 131. Before him are Jorginho (1991), Edmílson (1976), Waldir Peres (1951), Maxwell (1981), Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (1965), and Ademir da Guia (1942). After him are Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues (1892), Dante (1983), Roberto Firmino (1991), Valdo Filho (1964), Luís Fabiano (1980), and Renato Portaluppi (1962).

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