SÓCRATES

BUT NOT THE ONE

YOU ARE THINKING...

GUILHERME LUIZ GUERRA VICENTE

SÓCRATES, THE FOOTBALL PLAYER

• BELÉM, 19 FEBRUARY 1954

• BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLER, COACH AND DOCTOR
• CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST BRAZILIAN
PLAYERS OF ALL TIME
• CORINTHIANS: 297 GAMES, SCORED 172 GOALS AND
WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (1979, 1982 AND
1983)
• BRAZIL: 1982 AND 1986 FIFA WORLD CUP
• ALSO NOTED FOR HIS POLITICAL ACTIVISM,
PARTICULARLY IN THE 1980S
SÓCRATES, THE FOOTBALL PLAYER

• SÃO PAULO, 4 DECEMBER 2011

• "I WANT TO DIE ON A SUNDAY AND WITH CORINTHIANS BEING
CHAMPION", HE SAID, IN 1983, WHEN HE WAS A CLUB STAR
A BIT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT
• APRIL 1, 1964 - MARCH 15, 1985
• SUCCESSIVE MILITARY GOVERNMENTS
• AUTHORITARIAN AND NATIONALIST
CHARACTER
SÓCRATES, THE POLITICAL ACTIVIST

• SÓCRATES HAS ALWAYS HAD AN ACTIVE

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
• PLAYERS WELL-BEING
• CURRENT ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY
• HE WAS EVEN "BRANDED" BY THE MILITARY
DICTATORSHIP
SÓCRATES, THE POLITICAL ACTIVIST

• 1980S, HE TOOK PART IN THE CAMPAIGN

DIRETAS JÁ (1983-1984)
• ONE OF THE MAIN CREATORS OF THE
MOVEMENT DEMOCRACIA
CORINTHIANA (CORINTHIAN
DEMOCRACY) (1982-1984)
DEMOCRACIA CORINTHIANA
(CORINTHIAN DEMOCRACY)
• THE BIGGEST IDEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT
IN THE HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN
FOOTBALL
• IMPORTANT DECISIONS WERE DECIDED
VOTE OF ITS MEMBERS:
• THE VOTE OF THE COACH, FOR EXAMPLE,
WAS WORTH AS MUCH AS THAT OF AN
EMPLOYEE OR PLAYER
• “SELF-MANAGEMENT" OF THE TEAM
DIRETAS JÁ MOVEMENT

• DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT,

GOVERNOR, SENATOR, ETC.
• THE "DIRETAS JÁ" MOVEMENT WAS OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE IN THE
REDEMOCRATISATION OF BRAZIL
• IN APRIL OF 1984, THE THEN PRESIDENT
JOÃO FIGUEIREDO INCREASED
CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS AND ORDERED
ARRESTS, AND POLICE VIOLENCE
OCCURRED
DIRETAS JÁ MOVEMENT

• THE RETURN OF CIVILIAN POWER IN

1985
• THE APPROVAL OF A NEW FEDERAL
CONSTITUTION IN 1988
• DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT IN
1989.
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