SOCCER PLAYER

Zizinho

1921 - 2002

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Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ziˈzĩɲu]; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 1950 World Cup, where he scored two goals. He was lauded as a complete player, with an array of offensive skills such as his dribbling, passing, and shooting ability with both feet, as well as his accuracy from dead ball situations and extraordinary vision. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zizinho has received more than 267,511 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Zizinho is the 212th most popular soccer player (down from 151st in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Zizinho is most famous for his time with the Brazilian national team, where he was a key player on the 1958 and 1962 World Cup teams.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zizinho ranks 212 out of 21,273. Before him are Ernesto Valverde, Gino Colaussi, Pepe, Rinat Dasayev, Piet Keizer, and Dražan Jerković. After him are Gyula Grosics, Careca, Cha Bum-kun, Carlos Bilardo, Andoni Zubizarreta, and Franck Ribéry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Zizinho ranks 62. Before him are Zdeněk Miler, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Louis Jourdan, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Corelli, and Viktor Kulikov. After him are György Cziffra, Mario Lanza, Miklós Jancsó, Farida of Egypt, Paul Watzlawick, and Gérard Debreu. Among people deceased in 2002, Zizinho ranks 41. Before him are John Gotti, Pim Fortuyn, Hildegard Knef, Ne Win, Song Hye-rim, and Aileen Wuornos. After him are Raf Vallone, René Thom, Max Perutz, Xi Zhongxun, Victor Weisskopf, and María Félix.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zizinho ranks 67 out of 2,236. Before him are Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Machado de Assis (1839), Hebe Camargo (1929), Pepe (1935), and Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897). After him are Careca (1960), João Goulart (1918), Dunga (1963), Carlos Ghosn (1954), Anita Garibaldi (1821), and Dani Alves (1983).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Zizinho ranks 32. Before him are Arthur Friedenreich (1892), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Gérson (1941), Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), and Pepe (1935). After him are Careca (1960), Dunga (1963), Dani Alves (1983), Dida (1973), Marcelo (1988), and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939).

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