Sócrates

Sócrates

Sócrates in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira e Oliveira
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	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

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		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

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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

Botafogo-SP

• Torneio Vicente Feola: 1976

Corinthians

• Campeonato Paulista: 1979, 1982, 1983

Flamengo

• Taça Rio: 1986
• Campeonato Carioca: 1986

Brazil

• Copa América: Runner-up 1983; Third-place 1979

Individual

• Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
• FIFA 100
• World Soccer: 61st Greatest Player of the 20th Century
• Campeonato Paulista top scorer: 1976
• Bola de Prata: 1980
• FIFA XI: 1982
• South American Footballer of the Year: 1983
• FAI International Football Awards – International Personality: 2007
• World Soccer: World Team of the Year 1982