SOCCER PLAYER

Waldemar de Brito

1913 - 1979

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Waldemar de Brito (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐwdeˈmaʁ dʒi ˈbɾitu], 17 May 1913 – 21 February 1979) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He is acknowledged to have discovered Pelé during the latter's early footballing days. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Waldemar de Brito has received more than 122,811 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Waldemar de Brito is the 686th most popular soccer player (up from 708th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 178th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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  • 120k

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  • 56.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Waldemar de Brito ranks 686 out of 21,273. Before him are Louis Pilot, Attilio Demaría, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Dieter Müller, Hugo Lloris, and Saburo Shinosaki. After him are Sami Khedira, Lorenzo Fernández, Alberto Spencer, Enrique Guaita, Franz Binder, and Daigoro Kondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Waldemar de Brito ranks 104. Before him are Lucien Goldmann, Maurice Wilkes, Alan Ladd, José Sánchez del Río, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Gustaaf Deloor. After him are Otto Wichterle, Nikolai Amosov, Hélio Gracie, Bill Hewlett, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Peko Dapčević. Among people deceased in 1979, Waldemar de Brito ranks 80. Before him are Yvonne de Gaulle, Victoria Ocampo, Jayaprakash Narayan, Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Kessel, and Henrich Focke. After him are Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Walther Gerlach, Teruo Nakamura, Merle Oberon, Ahmad Zahir, and Preguinho.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Waldemar de Brito ranks 159 out of 2,236. Before him are Oscar Schmidt (1958), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Vera Fischer (1951), Tite (1961), Adriano (1982), and Maria Bethânia (1946). After him are Toquinho (1946), Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Aymoré Moreira (1912), Hélio Gracie (1913), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), and Thiago Motta (1982).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Waldemar de Brito ranks 70. Before him are Carlos Kaiser (1963), Dondinho (1917), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Tite (1961), and Adriano (1982). After him are Aymoré Moreira (1912), Thiago Motta (1982), Jorginho (1964), Júlio César (1979), Waldo Machado (1934), and Dida (1934).

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