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Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior

1954 - Today

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Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (born 29 June 1954), also known as Léo Júnior or simply Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a left back or midfielder. He was nicknamed "capacete" ("helmet", in Portuguese) because of his afro hairstyle. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior has received more than 218,958 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior is the 509th most popular soccer player (down from 313th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 101st in 2019) and the 57th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 509 out of 21,273. Before him are Pietro Rava, Jürgen Kohler, Ernesto Mascheroni, Leonardo Bonucci, Hifuyo Uchida, and Nobuo Matsunaga. After him are Edin Džeko, Félix Mourinho, Junji Kawano, Jenő Buzánszky, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, and Masao Ono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 78. Before him are Katsuhiro Otomo, Roberto Dinamite, Oscar, Filip Vujanović, Jeffrey Sachs, and Mango. After him are Jermaine Jackson, Ellen Barkin, Jane Campion, Juande Ramos, Anthony Minghella, and Mirza Delibašić.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 129 out of 2,236. Before him are Tiradentes (1746), Carlos Pace (1944), Everaldo (1944), Clodoaldo (1949), Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (1875), and Gal Costa (1945). After him are Carlos José Castilho (1927), Baden Powell (1937), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Adriana Lima (1981), Sérgio Mendes (1941), and Zé Roberto (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 57. Before him are Robinho (1984), Roberto Dinamite (1954), Aldair (1965), Oscar (1954), Everaldo (1944), and Clodoaldo (1949). After him are Carlos José Castilho (1927), Zé Roberto (1974), Raí (1965), Zózimo (1932), Dino Sani (1932), and Lúcio (1978).

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