SOCCER PLAYER

Cléber Santana

1981 - 2016

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Cléber Santana Loureiro (27 June 1981 – 28 November 2016) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He won state championships with Sport, Vitória, Santos and Avaí. He also had spells abroad, with Kashiwa Reysol in Japan and Atlético Madrid and Mallorca in Spain. Santana was the captain of the Chapecoense team aboard LaMia Flight 2933 that crashed, killing him and 70 others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Cléber Santana is the 5,887th most popular soccer player (down from 5,208th in 2024), the 871st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 822nd in 2019) and the 465th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cléber Santana ranks 5,887 out of 21,273. Before him are Yuri Falin, Humberto Cruz, Rodrigo Taddei, Eiji Kawashima, Giourkas Seitaridis, and Oleh Luzhny. After him are Evgeny Lovchev, Rémi Garde, Minoru Takenaka, Harry Wilson, Károly Weichelt, and Zoran Mirković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Cléber Santana ranks 257. Before him are Albin Pelak, Vic Chou, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Masahiro Iwata, Tomáš Hübschman, and Giourkas Seitaridis. After him are Michael Mando, Boris Brejcha, Răzvan Raț, Jürgen Melzer, Leïla Slimani, and Mélanie Thierry. Among people deceased in 2016, Cléber Santana ranks 522. Before him are Gloria DeHaven, Raúl Sánchez, Sammy Lee, Mose Allison, Ottavio Bugatti, and Sydney Schanberg. After him are Sándor Csoóri, Christopher Zeeman, Joseph Mascolo, Robert Stigwood, Kōji Wada, and Abu Omar al-Shishani.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Cléber Santana ranks 871 out of 2,236. Before him are Nenê (1981), Maruco Antônio Urunau (1970), Heurelho Gomes (1981), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (1981), Paulo Jr. (1969), and Rodrigo Taddei (1980). After him are Adílson Batista (1968), José Aldo (1986), Taison (1988), Allan (1991), Mirandinha (1952), and Rodrigo Tabata (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Cléber Santana ranks 465. Before him are Helton Arruda (1978), Nenê (1981), Maruco Antônio Urunau (1970), Heurelho Gomes (1981), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (1981), and Rodrigo Taddei (1980). After him are Adílson Batista (1968), Taison (1988), Allan (1991), Mirandinha (1952), Rodrigo Tabata (1980), and Capone (1972).

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