1954 - Today
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 216,939 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior is the 313th most popular soccer player (up from 454th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 118th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 313 out of 16,880. Before him are Gerard Piqué, Bob Paisley, Masao Takada, Jari Litmanen, Gyula Zsengellér, and Takeshi Natori. After him are Dragoslav Šekularac, Valentino Mazzola, Valentin Ivanov, David Trezeguet, Richard Møller Nielsen, and Haruo Arima.
1987 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 307
1919 - 1996
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 308
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 309
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 310
1915 - 1999
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 311
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 312
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 313
1937 - 2019
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 314
1919 - 1949
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 315
1934 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 316
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 317
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 318
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 319
Among people born in 1954, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 63. Before him are Ross Brawn, Michael Dudikoff, Eric Gerets, Bernard Hinault, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Mordechai Vanunu. After him are Ilan Ramon, Lee Child, Chris Evert, Kailash Satyarthi, Uli Stielike, and Katsuhiro Otomo.
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 57
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 58
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 59
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 60
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 61
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 62
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 63
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 64
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 65
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 66
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 67
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 68
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 69
Among people born in Brazil, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 101 out of 2,067. Before him are João Figueiredo (1918), Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943), Dunga (1963), Tancredo Neves (1910), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), and Chico Xavier (1910). After him are Chico Mendes (1944), Mauro Ramos (1930), Tiradentes (1746), Mário de Andrade (1893), Dida (1973), and Deco (1977).
1918 - 1999
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 95
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 96
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 97
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 98
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 99
1910 - 2002
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 100
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 101
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 102
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 103
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1893 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 105
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 106
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 107
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 40. Before him are Pepe (1935), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), and Dunga (1963). After him are Mauro Ramos (1930), Dida (1973), Deco (1977), Pepe (1983), Robinho (1984), and Telê Santana (1931).
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 34
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 35
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 36
1930 - 2014
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 37
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 38
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 39
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 40
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 41
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 42
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 43
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 44
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 45
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 46