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Dida

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Nélson de Jesus Silva (born 7 October 1973), better known simply as Dida (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒidɐ]), is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach. He started his senior club career in Brazil in the early 1990s with Vitória before moving to Cruzeiro and Corinthians. He is perhaps best remembered for his ten-year stint with AC Milan from 2000 to 2010, where he established himself as one of the world's best goalkeepers and won multiple trophies and individual awards with the club, including one Serie A title (Scudetto) and twice the UEFA Champions League, with the first of those victories coming after he saved three penalties in the 2003 final against Serie A rivals Juventus, and is one of four Milan keepers with 300 career appearances. After a two-year absence from playing, he returned to Brazil in 2012, appearing for three teams—Portuguesa, Grêmio and Internacional—in as many seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dida is the 327th most popular soccer player (down from 256th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 78th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dida ranks 327 out of 21,273. Before him are Koichi Oita, Seishiro Shimatani, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Toshio Hirabayashi, Yoshio Furukawa, and Sérgio Conceição. After him are Shoko Hamada, Nagayasu Honda, Nobuo Matsunaga, Masanobu Izumi, Josip Skoblar, and Seki Matsunaga.

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Among people born in 1973, Dida ranks 14. Before him are Javier Zanetti, Claude Makélélé, Patrick Wilson, Adrien Brody, Edgar Davids, and Zuzana Čaputová. After him are Jan Koller, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Heidi Klum, Larry Page, Marco Materazzi, and Adam Scott.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Dida ranks 83 out of 2,236. Before him are Rubens Barrichello (1972), Leonardo Boff (1938), Jair da Costa (1940), Careca (1960), Zumbi (1655), and Marcelo (1988). After him are Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), Vicente Feola (1909), Adriano (1982), José Sarney (1930), Cláudio Hummes (1934), and Vinicius de Moraes (1913).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Dida ranks 38. Before him are Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), Dani Alves (1983), Jair da Costa (1940), Careca (1960), and Marcelo (1988). After him are Adriano (1982), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), Mauro Ramos (1930), Telê Santana (1931), Thiago Silva (1984), and Toninho Cerezo (1955).

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