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SOCCER PLAYER

Sócrates

1954 - 2011

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Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira e 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 2,187,230 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Sócrates is the 30th most popular soccer player (down from 27th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Brazil and the 6th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sócrates ranks 30 out of 16,880Before him are Raymond Kopa, Sándor Kocsis, Rivellino, Mário Zagallo, Just Fontaine, and Gunnar Nordahl. After him are Didi, Carlos Alberto Torres, Vavá, Stanley Matthews, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and Mircea Lucescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Sócrates ranks 11Before him are Denzel Washington, Hugo Chávez, Alexander Lukashenko, John Travolta, Viktor Yushchenko, and James Cameron. After him are Emir Kusturica, Oprah Winfrey, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Shinzō Abe, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Dieter Bohlen. Among people deceased in 2011, Sócrates ranks 14Before him are Cesária Évora, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Sathya Sai Baba, Peter Falk, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and Wangari Maathai. After him are Joe Frazier, Annie Girardot, Ágota Kristóf, Ramiz Alia, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, and Flórián Albert.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sócrates ranks 15 out of 2,067Before him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), Mário Zagallo (1931), Jorge Amado (1912), and Emerson Fittipaldi (1946). After him are Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Paulo Freire (1921), João Havelange (1916), Vavá (1934), and Michel Temer (1940).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Sócrates ranks 6Before him are Pelé (1940), Garrincha (1933), Zico (1953), Rivellino (1946), and Mário Zagallo (1931). After him are Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), Ronaldo (1976), and Romário (1966).