Tribute to Socrates de Oliveira - 1982 1986 Worldchampionship Legend - 1954-2011 | Goals & Skills

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, MD, (19 February 1954 -- 4 December 2011), more commonly known simply as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer.
He played for Botafogo-SP, before joining Corinthians in 1978. He spent six years with the club, scoring 172 goals in 297 league games. He then moved to Italy to play for Fiorentina, before retuning to Brazil to end his career with Flamengo and Santos. He is best remembered outside of his homeland for the sixty caps he won playing internationally for Brazil; he captained his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and also appeared at the 1986 World Cup, the 1979 Copa América, and the 1983 Copa América -- appearing in the defeat to Uruguay in the 1983 finals. He was named South American Footballer of the Year in 1983, and was named on Pelé's FIFA 100 list in 2004.
Sócrates was a technical playmaker, known for great through passes and his vision on the field, as well as his physical strength. He was also a two-footed player and a prolific goal scorer. His ability to read the game was highly valued, and his signature move was the blind heel pass.[3] He was considered to be one of the greatest midfielders ever to play the game.[4] Easily recognizable for his beard and headband, he became the "symbol of cool for a whole generation of football supporters.
Socrates was born in Belém do Pará.
Sócrates played for, and captained, Brazil in the 1982 World Cup. However, Edinho replaced him as captain for the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Socrates playing as a regular midfielder. He began playing football professionally in 1974 for Botafogo in Ribeirão Preto, but spent the majority of his career (1978 to 1984) with Corinthians in São Paulo.
He also played for Italian club Fiorentina and the Brazilian clubs Flamengo and Santos towards the end of his career.
In 2004, more than a decade after retiring, Sócrates agreed to a one month player-coaching deal with Garforth Town of the Northern Counties East Football League in England.[6] He made his only appearance for the club on 20 November 2004 against Tadcaster Albion, coming on as a substitute twelve minutes from time.
Pelé named him as one of the Top 125 Living Footballers in March 2004, and World Soccer named him one of 100 best footballers in history. In October 2008, Sócrates was inducted into the Pacembu Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame.
Sócrates was admitted to intensive care in the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on 19 August 2011 with gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to portal hypertension [12] and was put on life-support, suffering from septic shock as a result from the intestinal infection.[13] On 4 December 2011, it was announced that he had died.

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[FCBRMAGoals]

Please like video and share with your friends!! R.I.P Socrates!

[sessionmessiah]

Rest In Peace.

:'(

New penalty taker for the team in Heaven :"(

[felipehan]

RIP

[jdchiller]

Dislike due to the watermark in the video the whole time, finding another one to watch...

[MERCER12OLI]

R.I.P Doctor

[andreamaral66]

@MIKEYsmokesBUD lmao of all players, theres nothin similar

[maettsook]

Nice fucking watermark! If you're going to post a tribute have the decency not to promote your own youtube channel.

[MIKEYsmokesBUD]

true legend reminds me of henrik larsson (so some dik dosent coment on how he was better than larsson i ment there similer in the way thay went for goals) R.I.P Socrates

[AlexzandrSpringvale]

RIP from Jamaica.

[icktopus]

Socrates dont care where ur from, the nigga be resting regardless

[TheAllanwin]

RIP from PANAMA

[deporlover]

RIP from palestine