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Gérson

1941 - Today

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Gérson de Oliveira Nunes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɛʁsõ dʒoliˈvejɾɐ ˈnunis]; born 11 January 1941), generally known as Gérson, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and Fluminense. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérson has received more than 408,883 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Gérson is the 165th most popular soccer player (down from 145th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 60th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Gérson was a Brazilian football player who played for the national team in the 1970s. He is most famous for scoring the only goal in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gérson ranks 165 out of 16,880. Before him are József Bozsik, Grzegorz Lato, Günter Netzer, Wolfgang Overath, Davor Šuker, and Ruud Krol. After him are Héctor Castro, Masao Nozawa, Karim Benzema, Luis Monti, Luís Figo, and Edgar Davids.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Gérson ranks 77. Before him are Louis Ignarro, Neil Diamond, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Ivica Osim, Vladimir Voronin, and Theodor W. Hänsch. After him are Jacques Perrin, Michael Stuart Brown, Cass Elliot, Kyu Sakamoto, Graham Chapman, and Linda McCartney.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Gérson ranks 66 out of 2,067. Before him are Zumbi (1655), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Zizinho (1921), José Altafini (1938), Hélder Câmara (1909), and Nelson Freire (1944). After him are Astrud Gilberto (1940), Hebe Camargo (1929), Carlos Ghosn (1954), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), Careca (1960), and João Goulart (1918).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Gérson ranks 32. Before him are Cafu (1970), Kaká (1982), Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Zizinho (1921), and José Altafini (1938). After him are Careca (1960), Pepe (1935), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), and Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943).

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