SOCCER PLAYER

Neco

1895 - 1977

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Manoel Nunes (March 7, 1895 – May 31, 1977), also known as Neco, was an association football midfielder and striker. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens (in 1929). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neco has received more than 53,958 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Neco is the 1,502nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,384th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 325th in 2019) and the 151st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

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  • 51.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Neco ranks 1,502 out of 21,273Before him are Roman Weidenfeller, Mateja Kežman, Zaur Kaloev, Joseph Mermans, Luciano Re Cecconi, and Armando Picchi. After him are Shiro Misaki, Rogelio Domínguez, Fred, Julio Abbadie, Christophe Dugarry, and Željko Petrović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Neco ranks 157Before him are Julijans Vaivods, Hari Singh, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Corrado Alvaro, Itō Noe, and Egon Pearson. After him are Mario Camerini, Immanuel Velikovsky, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, and Nigel Bruce. Among people deceased in 1977, Neco ranks 128Before him are Dietrich von Hildebrand, Bobojon Ghafurov, István Avar, Jean Duvieusart, Eve Meyer, and Luciano Re Cecconi. After him are Scott Bradley, Willem Schermerhorn, Juan Carlos Calvo, Paul Bernays, Konstantin Fedin, and Jean Rostand.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Neco ranks 330 out of 2,236Before him are Nílton de Sordi (1931), Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Serginho Chulapa (1953), Roberto Miranda (1944), and Naná Vasconcelos (1944). After him are Maria Quitéria (1792), Fred (1983), Bertha Lutz (1894), Walter Salles (1956), Sonny Anderson (1970), and Morena Baccarin (1979).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Neco ranks 151Before him are Sylvinho (1974), Alemão (1961), Nílton de Sordi (1931), Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Serginho Chulapa (1953), and Roberto Miranda (1944). After him are Fred (1983), Sonny Anderson (1970), Antony (2000), Nelsinho Baptista (1950), Danilo Alvim (1920), and Jair Marinho (1936).