SOCCER PLAYER

Neco

1895 - 1977

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Manoel Nunes (March 7, 1895 – May 31, 1977), also known as Neco, was an association football midfielder and striker. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens (in 1929). As of 2006, Neco is the player who played the longest for Corinthians: 17 years. Called often to the Brazil national team, he won two South American Championships: 1919 (team's top scorer) and 1922 (top scorer). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Neco is the 1,457th most popular soccer player (up from 1,501st in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 331st in 2019) and the 141st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Neco ranks 1,457 out of 21,273. Before him are Kuniharu Nakamoto, Angelo Peruzzi, Hans Bauer, Mazinho Oliveira, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Sotiris Kaiafas. After him are Joe Jordan, Guillermo Subiabre, Ulf Kirsten, Matías Almeyda, José Sanfilippo, and Horst Szymaniak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Neco ranks 147. Before him are Nahum Goldmann, Gustav Lombard, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Trifko Grabež, Tomoji Tanabe, and Mario Camerini. After him are William Tubman, Gustav von Wangenheim, Stefan Rowecki, Agop Dilâçar, Maksym Rylsky, and Roza Eskenazi. Among people deceased in 1977, Neco ranks 126. Before him are Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Rózsa Péter, Martí Ventolrà, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Louis Beel, and Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. After him are Ivan Fedyuninsky, Norman Thomas Gilroy, Luciano Re Cecconi, Willem Schermerhorn, Jan-Carl Raspe, and Henry Tandey.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Neco ranks 310 out of 2,236. Before him are José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763), Oscar Schmidt (1958), Nereu Ramos (1888), Michael Löwy (1938), Mazinho Oliveira (1965), and Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939). After him are Augusto Tasso Fragoso (1869), Antônio Fagundes (1949), Carlos Luz (1894), José Freire Falcão (1925), Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878), and Delfim Moreira (1868).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Neco ranks 141. Before him are Anderson (1988), Agostinho Fortes Filho (1901), Roberto Miranda (1944), Alfredo II (1920), Adriano (1984), and Mazinho Oliveira (1965). After him are Zequinha (1934), Serginho Chulapa (1953), Gilberto Silva (1976), Danilo Alvim (1920), Valdo Filho (1964), and Jair Marinho (1936).

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