1932 - 2015
José Ely de Miranda (8 August 1932 – 14 June 2015), commonly known as Zito, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His club career was spent mostly in the service of Santos, captaining a side including Pelé to domestic and international successes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zito has received more than 18,744 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Zito is the 75th most popular soccer player (up from 76th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
Zito is most famous for his work in the field of the philosophy of science. He is the author of "The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes" and "The Social Construction of What?".
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Among soccer players, Zito ranks 75 out of 16,923. Before him are Oliver Kahn, Helenio Herrera, Gordon Banks, Rivaldo, Fritz Walter, and Eric Cantona. After him are Silvio Piola, Gianni Rivera, Alcides Ghiggia, Oleg Blokhin, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, and Franco Baresi.
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 69
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 70
1937 - 2019
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 71
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 72
1920 - 2002
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 73
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 74
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 75
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 76
1943 - Present
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 77
1926 - 2015
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 78
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 79
1930 - 2013
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 80
1960 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1932, Zito ranks 43. Before him are Donald Rumsfeld, Ryszard Kapuściński, Valentino, Stephen Covey, John Searle, and Adolfo Suárez. After him are Jean-Pierre Cassel, Francis Lai, Nam June Paik, Robert Vaughn, Houari Boumédiène, and Sirikit. Among people deceased in 2015, Zito ranks 33. Before him are Manoel de Oliveira, Nicholas Winton, James Last, Colleen McCullough, Eduardo Galeano, and Douglass North. After him are Wes Craven, Alcides Ghiggia, Tariq Aziz, Günter Schabowski, Benedict Anderson, and Yves Chauvin.
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 37
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 38
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 39
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 40
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 41
1932 - 2014
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 42
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 43
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 44
1932 - 2018
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 45
1932 - 2006
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 46
1932 - 2016
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 47
1932 - 1978
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 48
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 49
1908 - 2015
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 27
1909 - 2015
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 28
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 29
1937 - 2015
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 30
1940 - 2015
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 31
1920 - 2015
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 32
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 33
1939 - 2015
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 34
1926 - 2015
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 35
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 36
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 37
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 38
1930 - 2015
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 39
Among people born in Brazil, Zito ranks 43 out of 1,947. Before him are Nelson Piquet (1952), Leônidas (1913), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Roberto Carlos (1973), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), and Rivaldo (1972). After him are Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Hebe Camargo (1929), Bebeto (1964), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), and Machado de Assis (1839).
1952 - Present
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 37
1913 - 2004
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 38
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 39
1973 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 40
1873 - 1932
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 42
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 43
1902 - 1976
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 44
1930 - 2013
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 45
1929 - 2012
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 46
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 47
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 48
1839 - 1908
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 49
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Zito ranks 20. Before him are Romário (1966), Jairzinho (1944), Arthur Friedenreich (1892), Leônidas (1913), Roberto Carlos (1973), and Rivaldo (1972). After him are Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Bebeto (1964), José Altafini (1938), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Ademir de Menezes (1922), and Gérson (1941).
1966 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 15
1892 - 1969
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 16
1913 - 2004
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 17
1973 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 19
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 20
1930 - 2013
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 21
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 22
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 23
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 24
1922 - 1996
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 25
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 26