SOCCER PLAYER

Manga

1937 - 2025

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Haílton Corrêa de Arruda (April 26, 1937 – April 8, 2025), best known as Manga, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Botafogo in the 1960s and won the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in 1971 with Nacional. He was the starting keeper in the Brazil national team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manga has received more than 14,123,620 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Manga is the 2,423rd most popular soccer player (down from 2,217th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 485th in 2019) and the 246th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Manga ranks 2,423 out of 21,273. Before him are Dejan Lovren, Gary Medel, Martí Ventolrà, Erich Srbek, Emre Can, and José Parra Martínez. After him are Stephan Beckenbauer, Julio Morales, Carsten Jancker, Kurt Jara, Joaquín Caparrós, and André Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Manga ranks 323. Before him are William Lombardy, Giorgi Shengelaia, Gyula Zsivótzky, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Chris Blackwell, and Loretta Swit. After him are Grace Bumbry, Ramsewak Shankar, Nadia Gamal, Jack Nitzsche, Leo Kadanoff, and Regimantas Adomaitis. Among people deceased in 2025, Manga ranks 65. Before him are Frankétienne, Eleonora Giorgi, Jeannot Szwarc, James Harrison, Fred Stolle, and Yves Boisset. After him are Souleymane Cissé, Sandra Harding, Mimis Domazos, Hans van den Broek, Georgios Roubanis, and Lima.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Manga ranks 489 out of 2,236. Before him are Valdeir Vieira (1944), Gregório de Matos (1636), Jaú (1909), Ricardo Ferretti (1954), Chico Landi (1907), and Cacau (1981). After him are Odilo Scherer (1949), Kiko Loureiro (1972), Oswaldo Cruz (1872), Washington (1975), Ramires (1987), and Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Manga ranks 246. Before him are José Perácio (1917), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Aílton (1973), Jaú (1909), Ricardo Ferretti (1954), and Cacau (1981). After him are Washington (1975), Ramires (1987), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Toninho (1948), Rafinha (1993), and Kevin Kurányi (1982).

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