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Moacir Barbosa Nascimento

1921 - 2000

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Moacir Barbosa do Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years. He was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s, and was known for not wearing gloves, as would be typical. Barbosa is mainly associated with Brazil's defeat against underdogs Uruguay in the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, an upset dubbed the Maracanazo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moacir Barbosa Nascimento is the 491st most popular soccer player (down from 368th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 105th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Moacir Barbosa Nascimento is most famous for being a Brazilian footballer.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 491 out of 21,273. Before him are Tim Cahill, Branko Oblak, Raymond Domenech, Vladimir Beara, Masashi Watanabe, and Rihei Sano. After him are Kazimierz Deyna, Michio Yasuda, Shigemi Ishii, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Tomáš Rosický, and Claudio Caniggia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 102. Before him are Paul Schäfer, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Françoise Gilot, Dirk Bogarde, Raymond Goethals, and Herta Bothe. After him are Maurice Richard, Betty Friedan, Nino Manfredi, Leonardo Sciascia, Mary Douglas, and Ben Bradlee. Among people deceased in 2000, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 65. Before him are Herta Bothe, Jan Karski, Claude Sautet, Noboru Takeshita, Keizō Obuchi, and Ion Gheorghe Maurer. After him are David Tomlinson, Maurice Richard, Hubert Maga, Don Budge, Michael Smith, and Jacques Chaban-Delmas.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 113 out of 2,236. Before him are Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Leonardo Araújo (1969), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), and Bernardino Machado (1851). After him are Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Osvaldo Moles (1913), Robinho (1984), Tiradentes (1746), and Everaldo (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento ranks 49. Before him are Thiago Silva (1984), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Pepe (1935), Deco (1977), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939). After him are Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Robinho (1984), Everaldo (1944), Diego Costa (1988), and Zé Roberto (1974).

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