SOCCER PLAYER

Zé Maria

1949 - Today

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José Maria Rodrigues Alves, better known as Zé Maria, (born May 18, 1949 in Botucatu) is a former association footballer. During his career (1966–1983) he played for Ferroviária, Portuguesa, Corinthians and Internacional (RS) as a defender. For the Brazilian team he played in 46 games from 1968 to 1978. He was a member of the Brazilian squad at the 1970 FIFA World Cup (as a reserve who did not play), but he played in four matches during the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zé Maria is the 2,900th most popular soccer player (down from 1,178th in 2019), the 550th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 265th in 2019) and the 281st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zé Maria ranks 2,900 out of 21,273Before him are Masafumi Terada, Antonio Betancort, Jasper Cillessen, Li Chan-myung, Alberto Gallardo, and Arturo Torres Carrasco. After him are Héctor De Bourgoing, Juan Masnik, Víctor Espárrago, Álvaro Negredo, Luisão, and Carlos Lapetra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Zé Maria ranks 436Before him are Charles Fefferman, Oleg Atkov, Philippe Djian, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Valeriu Muravschi, and Mart Helme. After him are Helmut Kremers, Zlatko Mateša, Jonathan Carroll, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Burghart Klaußner, and Manny Villar.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zé Maria ranks 550 out of 2,236Before him are Marco Antônio (1951), Cláudio Coutinho (1939), Josué de Castro (1908), Pedro Diniz (1970), Tarcísio Meira (1935), and Graciliano Ramos (1892). After him are Edson Tavares (1956), Luisão (1981), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922), Nélida Piñon (1937), and Cacau (1981).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Zé Maria ranks 281Before him are Cicinho (1980), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro (1904), Noronha (1918), Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (1965), Hermógenes Fonseca (1908), and Marco Antônio (1951). After him are Luisão (1981), Cacau (1981), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Batista (1955), Evair (1965), and Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró (1939).