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Arthur Friedenreich

1892 - 1969

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Arthur Friedenreich (18 July 1892 – 6 September 1969) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed The Tiger or Golden Foot. He played for the Brazil national team and was a record nine times top scorer of the state championship of São Paulo. He is occasionally cited as one of the all-time top scorers in football history, although this is highly disputed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Friedenreich is the 74th most popular soccer player (up from 120th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 50th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian footballer who is most famous for being the first player to score 100 goals in the Brazilian league.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Arthur Friedenreich ranks 74 out of 21,273. Before him are Uwe Seeler, Béla Guttmann, Gianni Rivera, Billy Wright, Nílton Santos, and Giacinto Facchetti. After him are Fritz Walter, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Rivaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, and José Leandro Andrade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Arthur Friedenreich ranks 33. Before him are William P. Murphy, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, Erwin Panofsky, Darius Milhaud, and Corneille Heymans. After him are J. Paul Getty, Marina Tsvetaeva, Shirō Ishii, Ernst Lubitsch, Robert Ritter von Greim, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1969, Arthur Friedenreich ranks 32. Before him are Robert Taylor, Vesto Slipher, Dominique Pire, Levi Eshkol, Otto Dix, and Moïse Tshombe. After him are Witold Gombrowicz, Sonja Henie, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Abdirashid Shermarke, Josef von Sternberg, and Alexandra David-Néel.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Arthur Friedenreich ranks 37 out of 2,236. Before him are Paulo Freire (1921), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Vavá (1934), Djalma Santos (1929), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), and Nílton Santos (1925). After him are Fernanda Montenegro (1929), Rivaldo (1972), João Gilberto (1931), Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), Hebe Camargo (1929), and Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Arthur Friedenreich ranks 17. Before him are Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Ronaldinho (1980), Romário (1966), Vavá (1934), Djalma Santos (1929), and Nílton Santos (1925). After him are Rivaldo (1972), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Neymar (1992), Cafu (1970), Bebeto (1964), and Kaká (1982).

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