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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 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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  • 39

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  • 9.07

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 313 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 63Before 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.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 101 out of 2,067Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior ranks 40Before 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).