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Paulo Roberto Falcão

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Paulo Roberto Falcão (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ʁoˈbɛʁtu fawˈkɐ̃w]; born 16 October 1953), usually known as simply Falcão, is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager. He is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time and one of the greatest defensive midfielders in football history, and one of the best players in the world in his position at his peak in the 1980s. Falcão is widely considered one of the best players in Internacional and Roma history, playing also for São Paulo. At one stage, he was the world's highest paid footballer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Roberto Falcão is the 147th most popular soccer player (down from 125th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 51st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Paulo Roberto Falcão is most famous for his time with the Brazilian soccer team, the Brazil National Team. He played for the team from 1971-1982 and won the World Cup in 1970, 1974, and 1982.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paulo Roberto Falcão ranks 147 out of 21,273. Before him are Didier Deschamps, Ademir de Menezes, Yukio Tsuda, Antonio Conte, Matthias Sindelar, and Masao Ono. After him are Carlos Queiroz, Ivica Osim, Jiro Miyake, Usaburo Hidaka, Leônidas, and Davor Šuker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Paulo Roberto Falcão ranks 38. Before him are Thomas Bach, Hulk Hogan, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Andrew Wiles, Daniel Passarella, and Peter Stormare. After him are Carlos Queiroz, Guy Verhofstadt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paul Allen, and Malcolm Young.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Paulo Roberto Falcão ranks 57 out of 2,236. Before him are Astrud Gilberto (1940), José Altafini (1938), Dunga (1963), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Tostão (1947), and Ademir de Menezes (1922). After him are Leônidas (1913), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), Pepe (1983), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), and Anita Garibaldi (1821).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Paulo Roberto Falcão ranks 29. Before him are Kaká (1982), Zito (1932), José Altafini (1938), Dunga (1963), Tostão (1947), and Ademir de Menezes (1922). After him are Leônidas (1913), Pepe (1983), Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), Dani Alves (1983), and Jair da Costa (1940).

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