SOCCER PLAYER

Flávio Costa

1906 - 1999

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Flávio Rodrigues da Costa (14 September 1906 – 22 November 1999) was a Brazilian football player and manager. He managed the Rio de Janeiro clubs Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, as well as Colo Colo of Chile, and FC Porto of Portugal. Costa coached the Brazilian squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; the loss against Uruguay has been described as Brazil's greatest humiliation of the 20th century. As a consequence of his World Cup failure, he lost his prestige among the Brazilian press and supporters of the national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Flávio Costa is the 1,345th most popular soccer player (down from 1,296th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 288th in 2019) and the 125th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Flávio Costa ranks 1,345 out of 21,273. Before him are Casemiro, György Orth, Toni Polster, Virgil van Dijk, David Alaba, and Iñaki Sáez. After him are Luis Arconada, Katsuyuki Kawachi, Raymond Braine, Jean-Pierre Adams, Stefan Abadzhiev, and Dick van Dijk.

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Among people born in 1906, Flávio Costa ranks 167. Before him are Bob King, Jørgen Juve, Jack Churchill, Buddhadasa, Jacques Pills, and Charley Borah. After him are Philo Farnsworth, Princess Anne of Orléans, H. C. Hansen, Pietro Serantoni, Robert Surtees, and Renate Müller. Among people deceased in 1999, Flávio Costa ranks 115. Before him are Karekin I, Carlos Romero, Theodore Hall, George Mosse, Milt Jackson, and Moondog. After him are Grete Stern, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Vazgen Sargsyan, Giant Baba, Paul Sacher, and Ian Bannen.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Flávio Costa ranks 276 out of 2,236. Before him are Elza Soares (1930), José de Alencar (1829), Roberto Moreno (1959), Antony (2000), Casemiro (1992), and Bruno Senna (1983). After him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Felipe Melo (1983), Candido Portinari (1903), Zilda Arns (1934), Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1841), and Márcio Amoroso (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Flávio Costa ranks 125. Before him are Oscar (1991), Branco (1964), Fernandinho (1985), César Sampaio (1968), Antony (2000), and Casemiro (1992). After him are Felipe Melo (1983), Márcio Amoroso (1974), Oreco (1932), Tim (1915), Philippe Coutinho (1992), and Gilmar Rinaldi (1959).

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