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Former Brazil captain, Socrates, has died at the age of 57, the BBC is reporting. He had been in a critical condition with an intestinal infection since being admitted to intensive care on Friday at a hospital in Sao Paulo. Socrates, who was widely regarded as one of the greatest ever midfielders, was moved onto a life support machine on Saturday. He played in two World Cups, won 60 caps for his country between 1979 and 1986 and scored 22 goals. The former Corinthians player, whose full name was Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira, was taken to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo with food poisoning on Friday, according to his wife. A hospital statement said on Saturday that the former footballer was “in a critical condition due to a septic shock of intestinal origin”. It added he was breathing with a ventilator and using a dialysis machine. Socrates was taken to hospital twice in August and September this year with bleeding in his digestive tract. Read more…
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Umro Socrates, legenda nogometa POGLEDAJTE VIDEO: Socrates je već dva puta u zadnja četiri mjeseca bio u bolnici zbog unutarnjeg krvarenja. Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, legendarni brazilski nogometaš umro je u nedjelju u Sao Paulu, objavili su iz bolnice "Albert Einstein" u koju primljen dan ranije u kritičnom stanju. Socrates je već dva puta u zadnja četiri mjeseca bio u bolnici zbog unutarnjeg krvarenja. Socrates je završio medicinski fakultet i to dok je još aktivno igrao nogomet, bio je intelektualac, ali je i puno pušio i pio. Pisao je novinske kolumne o sportu, politici i ekonomiji. Za brazilsku reprezentaciju je skupio 60 nastupa, te je postigao 22 gola, a bio je kapetan Brazila na SP 1982. Po mnogima bila je to najbolja brazilska reprezentacija svih vremena, uz Socratesa igrali su Zico, Eder, Falcao, Serginho, Junior. Nažalost, nisu došli do naslova. U četvrtfinalnoj skupini u kojoj su bili Brazil, Argentina sa Maradonom i Italija, nogometašima Brazila bio je dovoljan remi u posljednjem susretu protiv Italije za plasman u polufinale, ali Paolo Rossi je sa tri gola donio pobjedu "azzurrima" 3-2. Socrates je igrao u veznom redu, bio je poznat i po tome što je igrao bez štitnika za potkoljenice, te da tijekom čitave karijere nije bio ozbiljnije ozlijeđen. Igračku karijeru započeo je 1974. u Botafogu, a igrao je još u Corinthiansu, Fiorentini, Flamengu i Santosu, a u igračku mirovinu otišao 1989. u Botafogu, gdje i počeo karijeru. Pogledajte neke od genijalnih poteza brazilskog čarobnjaka: