1934 - 2002
Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vavá has received more than 452,697 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Vavá is the 33rd most popular soccer player (down from 29th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 17th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
Vavá was a Brazilian footballer who played for Brazil in the 1958 and 1962 World Cups. He is most famous for his football career.
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Among soccer players, Vavá ranks 33 out of 16,880. Before him are Mário Zagallo, Just Fontaine, Gunnar Nordahl, Sócrates, Didi, and Carlos Alberto Torres. After him are Stanley Matthews, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Mircea Lucescu, Ronaldinho, Josef Masopust, and László Kubala.
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 27
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 28
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 29
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 30
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 31
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 32
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 33
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 35
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 36
1980 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 37
1931 - 2015
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 38
1927 - 2002
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1934, Vavá ranks 20. Before him are Daniel Kahneman, Shirley MacLaine, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Jane Goodall, Paul Ekman, and Sydney Pollack. After him are Ulrike Meinhof, Empress Michiko, Alexei Leonov, Manuel Noriega, Stjepan Mesić, and Richard Chamberlain. Among people deceased in 2002, Vavá ranks 11. Before him are Pierre Bourdieu, Thor Heyerdahl, Hans-Georg Gadamer, John Rawls, Billy Wilder, and Richard Harris. After him are Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Traudl Junge, László Kubala, Niki de Saint Phalle, Chuck Jones, and James Coburn.
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 15
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 16
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 17
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 18
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 19
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 20
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 21
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 22
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 23
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 24
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 25
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 26
1930 - 2002
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 5
1914 - 2002
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 6
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 7
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 8
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 9
1930 - 2002
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 10
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 11
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 12
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 13
1927 - 2002
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 14
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 15
1912 - 2002
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 16
1928 - 2002
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 17
Among people born in Brazil, Vavá ranks 20 out of 2,067. Before him are Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Paulo Freire (1921), and João Havelange (1916). After him are Michel Temer (1940), Nelson Piquet (1952), Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), and Getúlio Vargas (1882).
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 14
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 16
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 17
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 18
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 19
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 21
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 22
1980 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 24
1927 - 1994
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 25
1882 - 1954
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 26
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Vavá ranks 9. Before him are Zico (1953), Rivellino (1946), Mário Zagallo (1931), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), and Carlos Alberto Torres (1944). After him are Ronaldinho (1980), Ronaldo (1976), Romário (1966), Roberto Carlos (1973), Djalma Santos (1929), and Jairzinho (1944).
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 4
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 5
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 6
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 7
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 8
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 12
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 13
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 15