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Oscar
Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior, known mononymously as Oscar, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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sports · Brazilian association football player · association football player · also Oscar, Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior, Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior
Born 9 September 1991 · Q19497
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2026· 5 entries
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real video shows Marlon Brando declining 1973 Oscar over "control of Zionists in Hollywood"” Deepfake.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Helen Hunt gifted her childhood teacher, "Miss Eleanor," $3 million from her Oscar winnings after the teacher lost her job for providing extra tutoring to help Hunt with her dyslexia.” False.
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2025· 3 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Image shows Oscar statuette found after Los Angeles wildfires” AI-generated.
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Rumor Scanner rated the claim “This Oscar Award was found among ashes and debris after the devastating recent fires in California.” False.
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Played for São Paulo FC (2025–2025) — 18 appearances, 2 goals.
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2024· 5 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Tom Hanks said he was withdrawing his Oscar nominations and leaving the United States.” Labeled Satire.
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Won: Chinese Super League with Shanghai Port (2024).
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Won: Chinese FA Cup with Shanghai Port (2024).
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Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated the claim “The Short Film “Sorry” Won An Oscar For The Best Short Film!” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “In high school, actor Lily Gladstone was voted "Most Likely to Win An Oscar" by her peers.” True.
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2023· 4 entries
NewsMobile rated the claim “Indian short film 'Sorry' won an Oscar” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “A short film titled ‘Sorry’ won an Oscar award” FALSE.
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Won the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Port (2023).
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Won: Chinese Super League with Shanghai Port (2023).
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2022· 1 entry
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Celebrities shocked reaction after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Oscars 2022” False.
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2020· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim ““So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”” Half True.
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2019· 2 entries
Won award: AFC Champions League OPTA Best XI (2019).
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Won: Chinese FA Super Cup with Shanghai Port (2019).
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2018· 3 entries
Won the Chinese Super League with Shanghai East Asia FC (2018).
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Won: Chinese Super League with Shanghai Port (2018).
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Won award: Chinese Super League Team of the Year (2018).
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2017· 3 entries
Won: Premier League with Chelsea (2016–17).
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Runner-up: Chinese FA Super Cup with Shanghai Port (2017).
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Played for Shanghai Port F.C. (2017–2023) — 179 appearances, 58 goals.
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2016· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “A video shows Oscar, the world's first modular life form.” False.
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2015· 5 entries
Won the English Football League Cup with Chelsea (2014-2015).
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Won the English Premier League with Chelsea (2014-2015).
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Won: Football League Cup with Chelsea (2014–15).
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Won award: Chelsea Goal of the Year (2014–15).
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Won: Premier League with Chelsea (2014–15).
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2014· 2 entries
Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (2014).
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Oscar and his wife have a daughter, Júlia, who was born in 2014, and son, Caio, who was born in 2016.
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2013· 3 entries
Won: UEFA Europa League with Chelsea (2012–13).
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Won: FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil (2013).
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Won award: Chelsea Goal of the Year (2012–13).
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2012· 6 entries
Won: Summer Olympics Silver Medal with Brazil U23 (2012).
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Won: Campeonato Gaúcho with Internacional (2012).
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Runner-up: FIFA Club World Cup with Chelsea (2012).
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Played for Brazil national under-23 football team (2012–2012) — 6 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Chelsea F.C. (2012–2016) — 131 appearances, 21 goals.
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Joined Chelsea in 2012.
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2011· 8 entries
Won the CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana with Internacional (2011).
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Won: Campeonato Gaúcho with Internacional (2011).
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Won: South American Youth Football Championship with Brazil U20 (2011).
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Won: FIFA U-20 World Cup with Brazil U20 (2011).
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Won: Recopa Sudamericana with Internacional (2011).
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And was a member of the squads that won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and finished fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, both on home soil
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Played for Brazil men's national football team (2011–2015) — 48 appearances, 12 goals.
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Joined Brazil in 2011.
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2010· 2 entries
Joined Internacional in 2010.
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Played for S.C. Internacional (2010–2012) — 57 appearances, 15 goals.
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2009· 2 entries
Played for Brazil national under-20 football team (2009–2011) — 25 appearances, 9 goals.
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Went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract
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2008· 2 entries
Joined Sao Paulo in 2008.
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Played for São Paulo FC (2008–2010) — 12 appearances, 0 goals.
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2004· 1 entry
Joined Sao Paulo in 2004.
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1994· 1 entry
Oscar's father was killed in a traffic accident in 1994.
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1991· 1 entry
Born 1991-09-09.
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his work for lasting peace in Central America.
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