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Osmar Donizete Cândido

1968 - Today

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Osmar Donizete Cândido (born 24 October 1968, known as Donizete Pantera, is a Brazilian retired footballer, who played as a forward, and the assistant manager at CFZ do Rio. Dubbed as Donizete Pantera, a nickname he received in Mexico, where he won the Balon de Oro for his performances in the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División. He also stood out as part of the Botafogo team that won 1995 Série A, plus would later be influential in the 1998 Copa Libertadores won by Vasco da Gama. An international for Brazil from 1995 to 1998, he made 9 caps and scored twice, but was not included in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which he said to be the biggest disappointment of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Osmar Donizete Cândido is the 5,001st most popular soccer player (down from 3,809th in 2024), the 786th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 693rd in 2019) and the 415th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Osmar Donizete Cândido ranks 5,002 out of 21,273. Before him are Ernesto Cisneros, Guy Lacombe, Cyrille Makanaky, Honorino Landa, Shabani Nonda, Robin Le Normand, and Hiromasa Azuma. After him are Emlyn Hughes, Géza Gulyás, Ronald Worm, Yuri Zhirkov, and Shota Tajima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Osmar Donizete Cândido ranks 330. Before him are Mateja Svet, Iris Chang, Jeanne Balibar, Vickie Guerrero, Andi Herzog, and Kaori Nagamine. After him are Ricardo Rosset, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Nariyasu Yasuhara, Jørn Lande, Cynthia Watros, and Mariana Mazzucato.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Osmar Donizete Cândido ranks 787 out of 2,236. Before him are Lucas Paquetá (1997), Deili Custodio da Silva (1980), Marcos Pontes (1963), Adriana Esteves (1969), Dudu Cearense (1983), Charles Oliveira (1989), and Carlinhos Júnior (1994). After him are Vik Muniz (1961), Ricardo Rosset (1968), Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916), René Simões (1952), and Cícero Moraes (1982).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Osmar Donizete Cândido ranks 415. Before him are Falcão (1977), Leandro Domingues (1983), Lucas Paquetá (1997), Deili Custodio da Silva (1980), Dudu Cearense (1983), and Carlinhos Júnior (1994). After him are Alexandre Guimarães (1959), Marcelinho Paraíba (1975), Gabriel Paulista (1990), José Carlos de Almeida (1968), Donato Gama da Silva (1962), and Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1913).

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