Soccer Player

Zizinho

1962 - 2021

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Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ziˈzĩɲu]; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 1950 World Cup, where he scored two goals. He was lauded as a complete player, with an array of offensive skills such as his dribbling, passing, and shooting ability with both feet, as well as his accuracy from dead ball situations and extraordinary vision. He was Pelé's idol, and is often considered one of the best Brazilian men's footballers of the pre-Pelé era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Zizinho is the 7,108th most popular soccer player (down from 6,525th in 2024), the 982nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 945th in 2019) and the 540th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Zizinho ranks 7,108 out of 21,273. Before him are Junya Tanaka, Guillermo Franco, Marko Babić, Oleg Dolmatov, Peter Schöttel, and Shinichiro Takahashi. After him are Abel Hernández, Diogo Dalot, Roberto Pereyra, Michael Rensing, Rémy Cabella, and Daniel Prodan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Zizinho ranks 637. Before him are Viorica Ioja, Maricica Țăran, Roger Kingdom, Rick Yancey, Pierre Quinon, and Erik Thorstvedt. After him are Horst Bulau, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Adriano Baffi, Seppo Räty, Philippe Vercruysse, and Algirdas Šemeta. Among people deceased in 2021, Zizinho ranks 666. Before him are Antonio de la Torre, Jacques Zimako, Shirley Williams, Sibusiso Moyo, Celso Güity, and Gerry Marsden. After him are Hamed Bakayoko, Storrs L. Olson, Surekha Sikri, Antony Sher, Tommy Kirk, and David Amess.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zizinho ranks 982 out of 2,236. Before him are Paulo Sérgio (1954), Roger Machado Marques (1975), Geovanni (1980), Gabriel Bortoleto (2004), Emerson (1999), and Adriana Lessa (1971). After him are José Leandro Ferreira (1959), Vitor Roque (2005), Elkeson (1989), Edinho (1970), Alexandre Borges (1966), and Gilberto Kassab (1960).

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Among Soccer Players In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Zizinho ranks 540. Before him are Lincoln (1979), Paulo Jamelli (1974), Paulo Sérgio (1954), Roger Machado Marques (1975), Geovanni (1980), and Emerson (1999). After him are José Leandro Ferreira (1959), Vitor Roque (2005), Elkeson (1989), Edinho (1970), Toninho Moura (1954), and Júnior Moraes (1987).

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