# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonidas
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:48:31.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonidas"
name: "Leônidas"
slug: "leonidas"
description: "Leônidas da Silva was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. At the height of his career, Leônidas was very popular amongst the people of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Leônidas played for Brazil national team in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups, and was the top scorer of the latter tournament. He was known as the \"Black Diamond\" and the \"Rubber Man\" due to his agility."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer and commentator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonidas_dasilva.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: "1913-11-06"
deathDate: "2004-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.56
  momentum:             23.22365737593474
  historical:           22.7918
  currentAttention:     73.46476319963743
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196268/"
    handle:    "nm0196268"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ليونيداس دا سيلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونيداس دا سيلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لئونیداس دا سیلوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Леонидас да Силва"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "লিওনিদাস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Λεονίντας ντα Σίλβα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leônidas (footballer, born 1913)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "لئونیداس دا سیلوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas"
    title: "Leônidas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas"
    title: "Leônidas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "לאונידאס דה סילבה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լեոնիդաս դա Սիլվա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas_da_Silva"
    title: "Leônidas da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B4nidas"
    title: "Leônidas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311739"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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