Socrates' Opinions on FIFA and Football Politics

Dec 6, 2011 ... Alan Jacobs remembers a player who did what he liked and made us love him for it ... The daimon of the Brazilian Sócrates, though, lacked the ... Dec 4, 2011 ... Socrates is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, a cultured midfielder who won 60 caps for Brazil, scoring 22 goals. He ... Apr 3, 2017 ... In Europe Sócrates is remembered for captaining the 1982 Brazil team, one of the greatest teams never to win the World Cup, but he is better ... Inspired by the incredible career of the Doctor and Brazilian football player Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, the Socrates Award has ... 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 ... Jul 12, 2018 ... In 1982, Reinaldo, a striker prone to making black power salutes, was left out out of Brazil's World Cup squad. Zico and Socrates. Brazilian footballer Socrates at a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30th June 1985. Get premium, high resolution news photos ... Apr 25, 2024 ... Sócrates, a technically exquisite player, had a magic back-heel touch, a brother named Sophocles and another named Sosthenes. His participation ... The first working class team in Brazil, Corinthians was set up by immigrant labourers in São Paulo in a time when football in Brazil was an elitist sport, ... Feb 19, 2018 ... I am far too young to have remembered watching Sócrates when at his peak, flourishing for Corinthians – many of Brazil's jewels were effectively ...