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Luiz Felipe Scolari

1948 - Today

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Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈis fiˈlipi skoˈlaɾi]; born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player. Scolari was a defender during his playing days, and notably represented Caxias before moving to a managerial role in 1982. After leading the Brazil national team to a FIFA World Cup win in 2002, he was manager of the Portugal national team from July 2003 to June 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luiz Felipe Scolari has received more than 1,989,026 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Luiz Felipe Scolari is the 17th most popular coach (down from 12th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Coach.

Luiz Felipe Scolari is most famous for being the manager of the Brazilian national team during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he led Brazil to its fifth World Cup title.

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  • 67.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 17 out of 328. Before him are Louis van Gaal, Fabio Capello, Sepp Maier, Marco van Basten, Joachim Löw, and Vicente del Bosque. After him are Frank Rijkaard, Marcello Lippi, Ronald Koeman, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Dick Advocaat, and Pep Guardiola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 22. Before him are Andrzej Sapkowski, Jan Palach, Kathy Bates, Henning Mankell, Frank Abagnale, and George Tupou V. After him are Marcello Lippi, Klaus Meine, Keke Rosberg, Yoshihide Suga, Antonín Panenka, and George R. R. Martin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 24 out of 2,067. Before him are Paulo Freire (1921), João Havelange (1916), Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Nelson Piquet (1952), and Ronaldinho (1980). After him are Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), and Ronaldo (1976).

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Among COACHES In Brazil

Among coaches born in Brazil, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 1. After him are Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Leonardo Araújo (1969), Vicente Feola (1909), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Sebastião Lazaroni (1950), Mazinho (1966), Mano Menezes (1962), Adhemar Pimenta (1896), Oswaldo de Oliveira (1950), Valdeir Vieira (1944), and Zé Mário (1949).

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