Brazil football legend Socrates dies at 57

[Gerald]

Socrates scores stunners at World Cup 1982.

Former Brazil captain Socrates has died at the age of 57.He had been in a critical condition with an intestinal infection since being admitted to intensive care on Friday at a hospital in Sao Paulo.Socrates, who was widely regarded as one of the greatest ever midfielders, was moved onto a life support machine on Saturday.He played in two World Cups, won 60 caps for his country between 1979 and 1986 and scored 22 goals.The former Corinthians player, whose full name was Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira, was taken to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo with food poisoning on Friday, according to his wife.

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note: Sunday, 4 December 2011