SOCCER PLAYER

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 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Formiga is the 6,529th most popular soccer player (down from 6,045th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 932nd in 2019) and the 524th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Formigas by language

Over the past year Formiga has had the most page views in the with 98,406 views, followed by French (11,985), and Spanish (7,701). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (175.00%), French (144.09%), and Haitian (127.23%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Formiga ranks 6,529 out of 21,273. Before her are Paolo Negro, Umar Sadiq, Zizinho, Ali Adnan Kadhim, Ada Hegerberg, and Aleksandar Luković. After her are Vasile Iordache, Marcelino Pérez, Carlos Ruiz, Lizardo Garrido, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, and Taeko Kawasumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Formiga ranks 338. Before her are Mehdi Nafti, Rie Rasmussen, Tinga, Bertrand Gille, Wesley Sonck, and Arina Tanemura. After her are Chelsea Peretti, Mark Jansen, Vesna Pisarović, Becki Newton, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Juba.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Formiga ranks 945 out of 2,236. Before her are César Cielo (1987), João W. Nery (1950), Tinga (1978), Francileudo Santos (1979), Evanílson (1975), and Zizinho (1962). After her are Alessandra Negrini (1970), Marcelo Bordon (1976), Adriana Calcanhotto (1965), Tarso Marques (1976), Paulo Rink (1973), and Fábio Aurélio (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Formiga ranks 524. Before her are Alcindo Sartori (1967), Roger Machado Marques (1975), Tinga (1978), Francileudo Santos (1979), Evanílson (1975), and Zizinho (1962). After her are Marcelo Bordon (1976), Paulo Rink (1973), Fábio Aurélio (1979), Marlos (1988), Weverton Pereira da Silva (1987), and Guga (1964).

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