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Raí

1965 - Today

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Raimundo Souza Vieira de Oliveira (born 15 May 1965), popularly known as Raí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁaˈi]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. The younger brother of Sócrates, who played in the same position as him, Raí represented Brazil for more than a decade and was part of the country's victorious 1994 World Cup squad. He spent most of his 15-year career with São Paulo and Paris Saint-Germain, winning 10 major titles with the two teams combined and nearing the 100-goal mark. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raí has received more than 617,650 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Raí is the 568th most popular soccer player (down from 477th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 128th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Raí ranks 568 out of 21,273. Before him are Geoff Hurst, Masao Nozawa, André Onana, Predrag Mijatović, Keylor Navas, and Jiro Miyake. After him are Marco Tardelli, Tomohiko Ikoma, Tsukasa Hosaka, Branko Zebec, Arawa Kimura, and José Manuel Moreno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Raí ranks 49. Before him are Andrea M. Ghez, Lucinda Riley, Elizabeth Hurley, Jan-Ove Waldner, Connie Nielsen, and Lennox Lewis. After him are Vahide Perçin, Fumihito, Prince Akishino, Vinnie Jones, Julia Ormond, Aamir Khan, and Stefano Pioli.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Raí ranks 136 out of 2,236. Before him are Carlos José Castilho (1927), Baden Powell (1937), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Adriana Lima (1981), Sérgio Mendes (1941), and Zé Roberto (1974). After him are Rubens Barrichello (1972), Augusto Boal (1931), Jânio Quadros (1917), Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), Zózimo (1932), and Dino Sani (1932).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Raí ranks 60. Before him are Oscar (1954), Everaldo (1944), Clodoaldo (1949), Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954), Carlos José Castilho (1927), and Zé Roberto (1974). After him are Zózimo (1932), Dino Sani (1932), Lúcio (1978), Carlos Kaiser (1963), Dondinho (1917), and Félix Miélli Venerando (1937).

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