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Vampeta

1974 - Today

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Marcos André Batista dos Santos, best known as Vampeta (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐ̃ˈpetɐ]; born 13 March 1974) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer. A former midfielder, he represented Brazil national team from 1998 until 2002, winning the 1999 Copa América and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Vampeta, his nickname, is a fusion of the words "vampiro" (Portuguese for vampire) and "capeta" (Portuguese slang for devil), because his childhood friends thought he was ugly and toothless. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vampeta is the 3,210th most popular soccer player (up from 3,251st in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 618th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vampeta ranks 3,210 out of 21,273. Before him are Áttila, Jaú, Dionisio Mejía, Mustafa Mansour, Paul Halla, and Henning Enoksen. After him are Ed de Goey, Willi Giesemann, Ricardo Sá Pinto, Zoran Vulić, Daniel Bravo, and Danilo Pereira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Vampeta ranks 140. Before him are Carsten Jancker, Henry Jackman, Sol Campbell, Nobuyuki Oishi, Sávio, and Gary Hall Jr.. After him are Masi Oka, Leonardo Jardim, Sofia Polgár, Hicham El Guerrouj, Ada Colau, and Emma Shapplin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Vampeta ranks 599 out of 2,236. Before him are Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Royce Gracie (1966), Ramires (1987), Áttila (1910), and Jaú (1909). After him are Eduardo da Silva (1983), Mirandinha (1959), João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907), Alex (1977), and Joaquim Nabuco (1849).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Vampeta ranks 303. Before him are Rui Campos (1922), Juan (1979), Edivaldo Martins Fonseca (1962), Ramires (1987), Áttila (1910), and Jaú (1909). After him are Eduardo da Silva (1983), Mirandinha (1959), Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907), Alex (1977), Levir Culpi (1953), and Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962).

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