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VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Wallace de Souza

1987 - Today

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Wallace Leandro de Souza (born 26 June 1987), known by the mononym Wallace, is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team, 2016 Olympic Champion, silver medallist of the Olympic Games (London 2012), 2014 and 2018 World Championship, three–time South American Champion (2011, 2013, 2017). After winning the bronze medal of 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, he announced his retirement from Brazil national team. In January 2023 Wallace expressed his desire to see Brazilian president Lula murdered, publishing a social media poll alongside a photo of himself holding a gun, asking his followers “Would you shoot Lula in the face with this 12 [shotgun?]” The post caused great controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace de Souza has received more than 196,669 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wallace de Souza is the 53rd most popular volleyball player (up from 67th in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 1,261st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Volleyball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Wallace de Souza ranks 53 out of 121Before her are Saeid Marouf, Takako Shirai, Murilo Endres, Clayton Stanley, Andrea Zorzi, and Milena Rašić. After her are Ricardo Garcia, Thaísa Menezes, Ingrid Visser, Aleksandar Atanasijević, Natália Pereira, and Lloy Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Wallace de Souza ranks 318Before her are Jesse McCartney, Ashley Graham, Takuya Eguchi, Zlatko Junuzović, Josh Herdman, and Daniella Pineda. After her are Victor Obinna, Brendon Urie, Stephanie Corneliussen, Anastasia Prikhodko, Poli Genova, and Yi Jianlian.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Wallace de Souza ranks 1,010 out of 2,067Before her are Josef de Souza (1989), Ramon Menezes (1972), Arthur Cabral (1998), Ederson (1986), Ana Carolina (1974), and Túlio de Melo (1985). After her are Everton Soares (1996), Marcelo Huertas (1983), Felipe Nasr (1992), Dira Paes (1968), Cristiane Rozeira (1985), and Jessie Rogers (1993).

Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among volleyball players born in Brazil, Wallace de Souza ranks 7Before her are Bernardo Rezende (1959), Giba (1976), Bruno Rezende (1986), Sérgio Santos (1975), Dante Amaral (1980), and Murilo Endres (1981). After her are Ricardo Garcia (1975), Thaísa Menezes (1987), Natália Pereira (1989), Gustavo Endres (1975), Jaqueline Carvalho (1983), and Sheilla Castro (1983).