Sócrates

Sócrates
Sócrates in 2005
Personal information
Full name Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira e Oliveira [1]
Date of birth (1954-02-19)19 February 1954
Place of birth Belém, Pará, Brazil
Date of death 4 December 2011(2011-12-04) (aged 57)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1978 Botafogo-SP 99 (35)
1978–1984 Corinthians 135 (74)
1984–1985 Fiorentina 25 (6)
1986–1987 Flamengo 12 (3)
1988–1989 Santos 25 (7)
1989 Botafogo-SP 6 (0)
2004[2] Garforth Town 1 (0)
Total 303 (172)
National team
1979–1986 Brazil 60 (22)
Teams managed
1994 Botafogo-SP
1996 LDU Quito
1999 Cabofriense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article is about the Brazilian footballer. For the philoshoper, see Socrates.

Sócrates (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011) was a Brazilian football player. He has played for the Brazil national team. He died in hospital of septic shock.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4][5]
Club Season League Cup[a] Other[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Botafogo-SP 1973 — – – 3 0 – 3 0
1974 — – – 24 4 – 24 4
1975 — – – 15 7 – 15 7
1976 Série A 19 5 – 25 14 – 44 19
1977 16 9 – 42 18 – 58 27
1978 22 10 – 0 0 – 22 10
Total 57 24 — 109 43 0 0 166 67
Corinthians 1978 Série A 0 0 – 47 23 – 47 23
1979 — – – 29 10 – 29 10
1980 Série A 16 13 – 29 15 – 45 28
1981 1 1 – 36 22 – 37 23
1982 9 5 – 37 18 – 46 23
1983 20 15 – 32 21 – 52 36
1984 13 7 – 0 0 – 13 7
Total 59 41 — 210 109 0 0 269 150
Fiorentina 1984–85 Serie A 25 6 4 1 – 4 2 33 9
Flamengo 1986 Série A 11 3 – 1 0 – 12 3
1987 0 0 – 1 0 – 1 0
Total 11 3 — 2 0 0 0 13 3
Santos 1988 Série A 5 2 – 0 0 – 5 2
1989 0 0 – 20 5 – 20 5
Total 5 2 — 20 5 0 0 25 7
Botafogo-SP 1989 Série B 6 0 – 0 0 – 6 0
Garforth Town 2004–05 NCEFL 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Career total 164 76 4 1 341 157 4 2 513 236
  1. ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes State League, Supercoppa, FA Vase

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 1979 6 5
1980 8 2
1981 15 6
1982 9 4
1983 8 2
1984 0 0
1985 5 1
1986 9 2
Total 60 22

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Pilagallo, Oscar (9 March 2023). O girassol que nos tinge: Uma história das Diretas Já, o maior movimento popular do Brasil. Fósforo. ISBN 9786584568044.
  2. ↑ "Garforth chairman pays tribute to Brazil legend Socrates". BBC News. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sócrates". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Socrates Brazilian Série A stats". Globo.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Socrates career stats". Football Database.eu. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF.
  7. ↑ "18th International Soccer Awards Ceremony". rissc.org. Republic of Ireland Soccer Supporters Club. 3 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2017.