VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Giba

1976 - Today

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Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. During his professional career he played in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and briefly in the United Arab Emirates. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giba has received more than 318,844 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Giba is the 3rd most popular volleyball player (up from 4th in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 424th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Volleyball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Giba ranks 3 out of 199. Before him are Karch Kiraly, and Vyacheslav Zaytsev. After him are Bernardo Rezende, Lang Ping, Josef Musil, Andrea Anastasi, Masae Kasai, Nikola Grbić, Yuriy Poyarkov, Vladimir Grbić, and Yuri Chesnokov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Giba ranks 79. Before him are Mark Webber, Tuomas Holopainen, Juliano Belletti, Tim Duncan, Giovanna Antonelli, and Seann William Scott. After him are John Elkann, Ali Larter, Tera Patrick, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Emily Deschanel, and Carlos Moyá.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Giba ranks 402 out of 2,236. Before him are Carvalho Leite (1912), Ado (1946), Zinho (1967), Paulo César Carpegiani (1949), Plínio Salgado (1895), and Lygia Clark (1920). After him are Júlio César (1963), Eumir Deodato (1942), Grafite (1979), Júlio Baptista (1981), Heleno de Freitas (1920), and Afonsinho (1914).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among volleyball players born in Brazil, Giba ranks 1. After him are Bernardo Rezende (1959), Thaísa Menezes (1987), Sérgio Santos (1975), Bruno Rezende (1986), Dante Amaral (1980), Murilo Endres (1981), Gustavo Endres (1975), Sheilla Castro (1983), Jaqueline Carvalho (1983), Wallace de Souza (1987), and Ricardo Garcia (1975).

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