SOCCER PLAYER

Jair da Costa

1940 - 2025

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Jair da Costa ([ʒaˈiʁ da ˈkɔsta]; 9 July 1940 – 26 April 2025), known simply as Jair, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. Apart from playing in Brazil, he played professionally in clubs in Italy, where his teams won the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup several times, as well as in Canada. Internationally, he briefly played for the Brazil national team. He was a member of the Brazilian team that won the 1962 FIFA World Cup, but he did not play in the World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jair da Costa is the 303rd most popular soccer player (up from 910th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 215th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jair da Costa ranks 303 out of 21,273. Before him are Gianpiero Combi, Tatsuya Shiji, Park Ji-sung, Fernando Hierro, Michael Ballack, and Hisao Kami. After him are Masao Takada, František Plánička, Careca, Akira Nozawa, Piet Keizer, and Fernando Torres.

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Among people born in 1940, Jair da Costa ranks 96. Before him are Milena Dravić, John Gotti, Al Jarreau, Gary Gilmore, Masahiro Hamazaki, and Edward C. Prescott. After him are George Akerlof, Lothar de Maizière, Alan Kay, Dionne Warwick, Joseph L. Goldstein, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. Among people deceased in 2025, Jair da Costa ranks 48. Before him are Luis Galván, Oliviero Toscani, Jules Wijdenbosch, Joseph Nye, Hugo Gatti, and David Lodge. After him are Svetlana Gerasimenko, Sam Nujoma, Alasdair MacIntyre, Lalo Schifrin, Georgios Roubanis, and Ferdi Tayfur.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Jair da Costa ranks 79 out of 2,236. Before him are Ernesto Geisel (1907), João Figueiredo (1918), Hélder Câmara (1909), Xuxa (1963), Rubens Barrichello (1972), and Leonardo Boff (1938). After him are Careca (1960), Zumbi (1655), Marcelo (1988), Dida (1973), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), and Vicente Feola (1909).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Jair da Costa ranks 35. Before him are Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Leônidas (1913), Pepe (1983), Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), and Dani Alves (1983). After him are Careca (1960), Marcelo (1988), Dida (1973), Adriano (1982), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), and Mauro Ramos (1930).

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