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SOCCER PLAYER

Pelé

1940 - 2022

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛdsõ aˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nasiˈmẽtu]; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (Portuguese pronunciation: [peˈlɛ]), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pelé has received more than 31,296,702 page views. His biography is available in 123 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 118 in 2019). Pelé is the most popular soccer player, the most popular biography from Brazil and the most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Pelé is most famous for being the youngest player to score a goal in the World Cup, the youngest player to win the World Cup, and the only person to be a three-time World Cup champion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 85.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 123

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Pelé ranks 1 out of 16,880. After him are Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Gerd Müller, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusébio, Garrincha, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Zinedine Zidane, and Giuseppe Meazza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Pelé ranks 1. After him are Bruce Lee, Al Pacino, John Lennon, Margrethe II of Denmark, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Chuck Norris, Constantine II of Greece, Saparmurat Niyazov, Ringo Starr, Michael Gambon, and Bartholomew I of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 2022, Pelé ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth II and Mikhail Gorbachev. After him are Pope Benedict XVI, Luc Montagnier, Jean-Luc Godard, Jiang Zemin, Vangelis, Sidney Poitier, Monica Vitti, Leonid Kravchuk, and Francisco Gento.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Pelé ranks 1 out of 2,067. After him are Paulo Coelho (1947), Garrincha (1933), Oscar Niemeyer (1907), Ayrton Senna (1960), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Zico (1953), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), and Mário Zagallo (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Pelé ranks 1. After him are Garrincha (1933), Zico (1953), Rivellino (1946), Mário Zagallo (1931), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), Ronaldo (1976), and Romário (1966).

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