Did Socrates ever feel like he had to choose between football and medicine?

Jun 30, 2009 ... However, the basic 'facts' of the story are as follows: Sócrates, the famous Brazilian soccer player, studied medicine in Dublin in the late ... Jun 6, 2010 ... Phil York, the other football-mad member of the ETT, came up and asked me what I thought they would do if he asked them to sign his baseball cap ... Jun 22, 2018 ... Glory before victory. Socrates transferred his politically aware approach to the game from club to international football when playing for ... Jul 24, 2014 ... A man with long hair and beard wearing a yellow shirt in front of a blue sky. Brazilian footballer Socrates at a World Cup qualifying match. Dec 4, 2011 ... The Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement that Socrates died of septic shock at 4:30 a.m. Brazilian time (0630 GMT). He was 57. It was to pay tribute to the common folk that I conditioned my permanence in Brazilian football to the approval of free elections,” said. Sócrates at the time. Dec 4, 2011 ... His elegant style and his deep involvement with politics made him a unique figure in Brazilian soccer, setting him apart from the players of his ... A stunning new authorized biography of Socrates—the iconic 1982 captain of Brazil's greatest national soccer team to never win the World Cup ... Dec 4, 2011 ... ... footballers. “Thank you for the beautiful goals, the graceful touches and the skilful football that only Socrates possessed.” Another former ... Sep 25, 2009 ... For a player like Socrates, his brain was far more important than his body. ... Brazilian football – was the 1982 World Cup, held in Spain. Brazil ...