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Formiga

1978 - Today

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Miraildes Maciel Mota (born 3 March 1978), commonly known as Formiga (Portuguese: ant), is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a midfielder for São Paulo FC. She previously played for professional clubs in Sweden, the United States and France. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil national team, being the only player present in all Olympic Games tournaments of women's football since the first edition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a record for appearing at seven different FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments. Formiga was a member of the Brazil national team for 26 years (the longest in football history) and is the most capped football player in the history of the Brazil national teams (men's or women's), gaining her 234th and final cap in a 6–1 win over India at the 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Formiga has received more than 36,225 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Formiga is the 6,046th most popular soccer player (up from 6,772nd in 2019), the 934th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 1,021st in 2019) and the 524th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Formiga ranks 6,046 out of 16,880Before her are Hernán Díaz, Jajá, Ramiro Funes Mori, Ulises de la Cruz, Hakan Ünsal, and Gustavo Adrián López. After her are Tetsuya Totsuka, Søren Larsen, Roberto Pereyra, Osamu Maeda, Graham Potter, and Alejandro Mancuso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Formiga ranks 373Before her are Mista, Martin Verkerk, Kelly Overton, Lisa Jakub, Jessica Barth, and Deividas Šemberas. After her are Allan Simonsen, Pierre Deladonchamps, Alfredo Anderson, Davit Kezerashvili, Fernandão, and Monica Mayhem.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Formiga ranks 934 out of 2,067Before her are Bruno Henrique Pinto (1990), Renato (1979), Émerson Carvalho da Silva (1975), Vitorino Hilton (1977), Beto Almeida (1955), and Jajá (1986). After her are Rafael Sóbis (1985), Paulo Jamelli (1974), Gilberto Kassab (1960), Fernandão (1978), Marco Aurélio (1952), and Alessandra Negrini (1970).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Formiga ranks 524Before her are Thiego (1986), Bruno Henrique Pinto (1990), Renato (1979), Émerson Carvalho da Silva (1975), Vitorino Hilton (1977), and Jajá (1986). After her are Rafael Sóbis (1985), Paulo Jamelli (1974), Fernandão (1978), Ânderson Polga (1979), Francisco Lima (1971), and Deivid (1979).