# João Saldanha

> João Alves Jobin Saldanha was a Brazilian journalist and football manager. He coached the Brazil national football team during the South American Qualifying to the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Nicknamed João Sem Medo by Nelson Rodrigues, Saldanha played for Botafogo. He then started a career in journalism and became one of Brazil's most prolific sports columnists. He often criticised players, managers and teams, and was a member of then-illegal Brazilian Communist Party.

*Brazilian association football player (1917-1990)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joao-saldanha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Brazil
- **Born:** 1917-07-03
- **Died:** 1990-07-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 12.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [چواو سالدانها](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7)
- [ژواو سالدانیا](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)
- [João Saldanha](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [João Saldanha](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [João Saldanha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [João Saldanha](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [ژواو سالدانیا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)
- [João Saldanha](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [João Saldanha](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [João Saldanha](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [João Saldanha](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Saldanha)
- [Салданья, Жуан](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%2C_%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Жуан Салданья](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2600582)

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