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. He was Pelé's idol, and is often considered one of the best Brazilian men's footballers of the pre-Pelé era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zizinho is the 185th most popular soccer player (up from 212th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 67th in 2019) and the 33rd 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.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zizinho ranks 185 out of 21,273. Before him are Luis Monti, Teiichi Matsumaru, Denis Law, Thierry Henry, Gérson, and Hiroto Muraoka. After him are René Higuita, Laurent Blanc, Ruud Krol, Edwin van der Sar, Carlos Valderrama, and Yasuo Suzuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Zizinho ranks 62. Before him are Telmo Zarra, Zdeněk Miler, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Harald Quandt, Nexhmije Hoxha, and Dobrica Ćosić. After him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Kurt Knispel, György Cziffra, Edgar Morin, Akio Morita, and Mary Jackson. Among people deceased in 2002, Zizinho ranks 39. Before him are Geraldine of Albania, Choi Hong Hi, Robert Nozick, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, James Tobin, and Jonas Savimbi. After him are William Luther Pierce, Abu Nidal, Xi Zhongxun, John Cocke, Ne Win, and Yoshio Okada.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zizinho ranks 65 out of 2,236. Before him are Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), Pepe (1983), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Anita Garibaldi (1821), and Gérson (1941). After him are Carlos Ghosn (1954), Roberto Carlos (1941), Caetano Veloso (1942), Tancredo Neves (1910), Gilberto Gil (1942), and Dani Alves (1983).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Zizinho ranks 33. Before him are Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Leônidas (1913), Pepe (1983), and Gérson (1941). After him are Dani Alves (1983), Jair da Costa (1940), Careca (1960), Marcelo (1988), Dida (1973), and Adriano (1982).

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