Socrates factfile

04 December 2011 11:47

Factfile on former Brazil football captain Socrates, who died aged 57 on Sunday of an intestinal infection:

Name: Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, known as Socrates

Nationality: Brazilian

Date of birth: February 19 1954

Birthplace: Belem (Brazil)

Died: December 4 2011 at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo

Playing position: attacking midfielder

Clubs: Botafogo (BRA/1974-78), Corinthians (BRA/1978-84), Fiorentina (ITA/1984-85), Flamengo (BRA/1986-87), Santos (BRA/1988-89), Botafogo (1989), Garforth Town (ENG/2004)

Caps: 60 (captain at 1982 World Cup), 22 goals

Honours:

Clubs:

Sao Paulo Championship: 1979, 1982 and 1983 (Corinthians)

Rio de Janeiro Championship: 1986 (Flamengo)

Rio Cup: 1986 (Flamengo)

Source: AFP