SOCCER PLAYER

Sócrates

1954 - 2011

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Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011), simply known as Sócrates [ˈsɔkɾat͡ʃis], was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with style and quality of his play, earned him the nickname "Doctor Socrates". Easily recognizable for his beard and headband, Sócrates became the "symbol of cool for a whole generation of football supporters". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sócrates has received more than 2,377,759 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Sócrates is the 28th most popular soccer player (up from 30th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 15th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Socrates is most famous for his dialectic method of inquiry, which he used to teach his students.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sócrates ranks 28 out of 21,273. Before him are Koji Tanaka, Josef Bican, Lionel Messi, Rivellino, Cesare Maldini, and Carlos Alberto Torres. After him are Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine, Lothar Matthäus, Mircea Lucescu, Didi, and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Sócrates ranks 13. Before him are Hugo Chávez, Shinzō Abe, Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Yushchenko, Halimah Yacob, and James Cameron. After him are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Emir Kusturica, Jean-Claude Juncker, Mario Kempes, Fernando Santos, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Among people deceased in 2011, Sócrates ranks 12. Before him are Elizabeth Taylor, Otto von Habsburg, Cesária Évora, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Peter Falk, and Wangari Maathai. After him are Sathya Sai Baba, Joe Frazier, Annie Girardot, Ágota Kristóf, Flórián Albert, and Rudolf Mössbauer.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sócrates ranks 16 out of 2,236. Before him are Dilma Rousseff (1947), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Jairzinho (1944), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), and Carlos Alberto Torres (1944). After him are Didi (1928), João Havelange (1916), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Jorge Amado (1912), Vavá (1934), and Michel Temer (1940).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Sócrates ranks 9. Before him are Mário Zagallo (1931), Ronaldo (1976), Zico (1953), Jairzinho (1944), Rivellino (1946), and Carlos Alberto Torres (1944). After him are Didi (1928), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), Djalma Santos (1929), Romário (1966), and Roberto Carlos (1973).

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