1921 - 2000
Moacir Barbosa do Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years. He was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s, and was known for not wearing gloves, as would be typical. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moacir Barbosa Nascimento has received more than 98,306 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Moacir Barbosa Nascimento is the 221st most popular soccer player (down from 164th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 67th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
Moacir Barbosa Nascimento is most famous for being a Brazilian footballer.
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Among soccer players, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 221 out of 16,880. Before him are Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben, Zbigniew Boniek, Hideo Sakai, Stjepan Bobek, and Mauricio Pochettino. After him are Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Teófilo Cubillas, Hiroaki Sato, Ramón Díaz, Rui Costa, and Toshio Iwatani.
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 215
1984 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 216
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 217
1909 - 1996
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 218
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 219
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 220
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 221
1973 - Present
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 222
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 223
1932 - 1988
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 224
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 225
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 226
1925 - 1970
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 227
Among people born in 1921, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 80. Before him are Farida of Egypt, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Yuri Nikulin, Mario Lanza, Betty Friedan, and Miklós Jancsó. After him are Karel Appel, Herta Bothe, Paddy Roy Bates, Chris Marker, Amin al-Hafiz, and Thomas Schelling. Among people deceased in 2000, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 47. Before him are Rudolf Kirchschläger, Heinz Harmel, Michael Smith, Willard Van Orman Quine, Petar Mladenov, and Friedrich Gulda. After him are Herta Bothe, Takashi Kano, Jan Karski, Loretta Young, Lolo Ferrari, and A. E. van Vogt.
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1921 - 1989
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 75
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 76
1921 - 1959
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 77
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 78
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 79
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 80
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 81
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 82
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 83
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 84
1921 - 2009
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 85
1921 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 86
1915 - 2000
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 41
1906 - 2000
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 42
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 43
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 44
1936 - 2000
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 45
1930 - 2000
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 46
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 47
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 48
1920 - 2000
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 49
1914 - 2000
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 50
1913 - 2000
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 51
1963 - 2000
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 52
1912 - 2000
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 53
Among people born in Brazil, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 79 out of 2,067. Before him are Pepe (1935), Ernesto Geisel (1907), Leonardo Araújo (1969), Fernanda Montenegro (1929), Vicente Feola (1909), and José Freire Falcão (1925). After him are Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928), Peter Medawar (1915), Sônia Braga (1950), and Elza Soares (1930).
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 73
1907 - 1996
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 74
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 75
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 76
1909 - 1975
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 77
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 78
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 79
1948 - 2003
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 80
1821 - 1849
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 81
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 82
1915 - 1987
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 83
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 84
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 85
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 35. Before him are Ademir de Menezes (1922), Zizinho (1921), José Altafini (1938), Gérson (1941), Careca (1960), and Pepe (1935). After him are Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Dunga (1963), Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954), and Mauro Ramos (1930).
1922 - 1996
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 29
1921 - 2002
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 30
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 31
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 32
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 33
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