# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emerson-leao
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:50:27.121Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emerson-leao"
name: "Émerson Leão"
slug: "emerson-leao"
description: "Émerson Leão is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and manager. He is regarded by pundits as one of best Brazilian goalkeepers of all time. A documentary video produced by FIFA, FIFA Fever, called him the third-most impressive defense player of all time. He was born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo."
tagline: "Brazilian association football player and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emerson_Leao.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1949-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.89
  momentum:             10
  historical:           22.554452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  237
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "إيمرسون لياو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايمرسون لياو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "امرسون لئو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Emerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "امرسون لئو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89merson_Le%C3%A3o"
    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89merson_Le%C3%A3o"
    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89merson_Le%C3%A3o"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Էմերսոն Լեաո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エメルソン・レオン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%EC%86%A1_%EB%A0%88%EC%95%99"
    title: "이메르송 레앙"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emersons_Leans"
    title: "Emersons Leans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89merson_Le%C3%A3o"
    title: "Émerson Leão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274872"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump