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Socrates, Former Brazil World Cup Captain, Dies At 57 by VoodooDoll(m): 1:24pm On Dec 04, 2011 |
Socrates, former Brazil World Cup captain, dies at 57 Former Brazil World Cup captain Socrates died in a Sao Paulo hospital of septic shock arising from food poisoning on Sunday. He played for Brazil at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. By News Wires (text) REUTERS - Former Brazil World Cup captain Socrates died in hospital on Sunday at the age of 57, Brazilian media reported citing hospital sources. Socrates had been in the Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital in Sao Paulo since Thursday when he was interned with food poisoning which developed into septic shock and had been on a life support machine, the daily O Estado said on its website (www.estadao.com.br). It was the third time Socrates has been taken to hospital since August when he spent nine days there due to a digestive haemorrhage caused by excessive drinking. Socrates, who played for Brazil at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, spent another 17 days in the hospital in September with liver trouble and had been recommended a transplant. A qualified doctor whose full name was Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, he sprung to fame at Corinthians in the early 1980s. The bearded, lanky Socrates, a leading player of his generation along with fellow Brazil midfielder Zico, he also played in Italy for Fiorentina. Source: http://www.france24.com/en/20111204-world-cup-socrates-brazil-obituary?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=FB&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20111204_world_cup_socrates_brazil_obituary&utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook |
Re: Socrates, Former Brazil World Cup Captain, Dies At 57 by asha80(m): 10:30pm On Dec 04, 2011 |
adieu socrates.one of those brazilian players in the 80s that epitomized samba football under tele santana. |
Re: Socrates, Former Brazil World Cup Captain, Dies At 57 by jimctu: 2:35am On Dec 05, 2011 |
rest in peace Socrates, the death of a genious [img]http://s03.flagcounter.com/map/FMv/size=t/txt=000000/border=CCCCCC/pageviews=1/viewers=3[/img] [img]http://2.s03.flagcounter.com/count/FMv/bg=00CC66/txt=000000/border=000000/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=1/pageviews=1/[/img][img]http://s03.flagcounter.com/count/FMv/bg=00CC66/txt=000000/border=000000/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=1/pageviews=1/[/img] |
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