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Ademir de Menezes

1922 - 1996

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Ademir Marques de Menezes (Portuguese pronunciation: [adeˈmiʁ]; 8 November 1922 – 11 May 1996) was a Brazilian footballer, regarded as one of the best forwards in the country's history. His prominent underbite earned him the nickname Queixada (The Jaw). He was also the top goalscorer of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ademir de Menezes is the 142nd most popular soccer player (up from 157th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 57th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Ademir de Menezes is most famous for being the first Brazilian to ever win a Grand Slam tennis title.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ademir de Menezes ranks 142 out of 21,273. Before him are Dunga, Nils Liedholm, Pavel Nedvěd, Tostão, Jorge Jesus, and Didier Deschamps. After him are Yukio Tsuda, Antonio Conte, Matthias Sindelar, Masao Ono, Paulo Roberto Falcão, and Carlos Queiroz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Ademir de Menezes ranks 49. Before him are Miguel Muñoz, Liliane Bettencourt, Arthur Ashkin, Jacques Piccard, Nils Liedholm, and Leon M. Lederman. After him are Seymour Martin Lipset, Roger Etchegaray, Renata Tebaldi, Yang Chen-Ning, Cornelius Castoriadis, and Betty White. Among people deceased in 1996, Ademir de Menezes ranks 33. Before him are Odysseas Elytis, Magda Schneider, William Vickrey, René Clément, Artur Axmann, and Solomon Asch. After him are Abdus Salam, Claudette Colbert, Lars Ahlfors, Andreas Papandreou, Geoffrey Wilkinson, and Fujiko Fujio.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ademir de Menezes ranks 56 out of 2,236. Before him are Zito (1932), Astrud Gilberto (1940), José Altafini (1938), Dunga (1963), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), and Tostão (1947). After him are Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Leônidas (1913), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), Pepe (1983), and Deodoro da Fonseca (1827).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Ademir de Menezes ranks 28. Before him are Bebeto (1964), Kaká (1982), Zito (1932), José Altafini (1938), Dunga (1963), and Tostão (1947). After him are Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Leônidas (1913), Pepe (1983), Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), and Dani Alves (1983).

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