SOCCER PLAYER

Telê Santana

1931 - 2006

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Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana (July 26, 1931 – April 21, 2006) was a Brazilian football manager and former player (right winger). He was born in Itabirito, Minas Gerais. Telê was the manager responsible for putting together the 1982 and 1986 Brazil national squads. The 1982 squad in particular is remembered as one of the greatest teams in football history not to win the World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Telê Santana is the 413th most popular soccer player (down from 347th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 99th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Telê Santana ranks 413 out of 21,273. Before him are Ruud van Nistelrooy, Giovanni Ferrari, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Gusztáv Sebes, Akira Matsunaga, and Alf-Inge Håland. After him are Michel Preud'homme, Koji Sasaki, Shizuo Miyama, Jens Lehmann, Jorge Solari, and László Bölöni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Telê Santana ranks 88. Before him are Sam Cooke, Angie Dickinson, Stephen Boyd, Nick Adams, Carroll Baker, and Hanoi Hannah. After him are Ike Turner, Ferenc Mádl, Dries van Agt, Takashi Mizuno, Clive Cussler, and Mike Nichols. Among people deceased in 2006, Telê Santana ranks 65. Before him are Ta Mok, Mariska Veres, Glenn Ford, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Jack Warden, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. After him are David Bronstein, Shamil Basayev, Shohei Imamura, Sven Nykvist, William Styron, and Joachim Fest.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Telê Santana ranks 96 out of 2,236. Before him are Florinda Bolkan (1941), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), Reinaldo Arenas (1943), Mauro Ramos (1930), Chico Buarque (1944), and Elis Regina (1945). After him are Thiago Silva (1984), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Chico Mendes (1944), Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928), Pepe (1935), and Deco (1977).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Telê Santana ranks 42. Before him are Careca (1960), Marcelo (1988), Dida (1973), Adriano (1982), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), and Mauro Ramos (1930). After him are Thiago Silva (1984), Toninho Cerezo (1955), Pepe (1935), Deco (1977), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939).

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