SOCCER PLAYER

Rivellino

1946 - Today

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Roberto Rivellino (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ʁiveˈlĩnu]; born 1 January 1946), known as just Rivellino, is a Brazilian football pundit and former player who was one of the key members of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning team. The son of Italian immigrants from Macchiagodena, Isernia, he played as an attacking midfielder and was famous for his iconic moustache, bending free kicks, long range shooting, accurate long passing, vision, close ball control and dribbling skills. He also perfected a football move called the "flip flap", famously copied by Romário, Mágico González, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo in later years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rivellino has received more than 789,115 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Rivellino is the 25th most popular soccer player (up from 26th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 11th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Rivellino is most famous for his goal against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rivellino ranks 25 out of 21,273. Before him are Michel Platini, George Best, Jairzinho, Koji Tanaka, Josef Bican, and Lionel Messi. After him are Cesare Maldini, Carlos Alberto Torres, Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine, and Lothar Matthäus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Rivellino ranks 21. Before him are Bon Scott, Jane Birkin, Mireille Mathieu, George Best, Charlotte Rampling, and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. After him are Diane Keaton, David Lynch, Dianne Wiest, Gianni Versace, David Gilmour, and Elfriede Jelinek.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Rivellino ranks 14 out of 2,236. Before him are Zico (1953), Ayrton Senna (1960), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Jairzinho (1944), and Pedro II of Brazil (1825). After him are Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), João Havelange (1916), Getúlio Vargas (1882), and Jorge Amado (1912).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Rivellino ranks 7. Before him are Pelé (1940), Garrincha (1933), Mário Zagallo (1931), Ronaldo (1976), Zico (1953), and Jairzinho (1944). After him are Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), and Djalma Santos (1929).

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