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Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves (16 April 1954 – 26 August 1976), better known as Geraldo Assoviador, was a Brazilian International footballer.
Career
Geraldo Assoviador spent his entire career at Flamengo of Rio de Janeiro. In the Brazilian league, he appeared in 58 games and scored one goal. In all the competitions played for Flamengo he has a total of 168 matches and 13 goals. He has 5 caps for Brazil representing the country at the 1975 Copa América.
Personal life
His brother Washington Geraldo Dias Alves is a former professional footballer too, having played ten years of his career in Portugal – mainly with Varzim – where his children were born to a Portuguese mother.
His nephews Geraldo, Bruno, and Júlio also played the sport.
Death
He died on 26 August 1976 at age 22 after a tonsillitis operation. Although the intervention went as planned, the player suffered an anaphylaxis shock due to the local anesthesia that produced a cardiac arrest.
Honours
= Club
=Flamengo
Campeonato Carioca: 1974
Taça Guanabara: 1973
= International
=Brazil
Taça do Atlântico: 1976
References
External links
Geraldo Assoviador at National-Football-Teams.com
Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves profile at Mamvs.narod.ru
Geraldo Assoviador at Sambafoot (archived)
Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves article at Flamengoalternativo.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Geraldo Assoviador
- Bruno Alves
- Geraldo Alves (footballer, born 1980)
- Washington Alves
- August 1976
- Luiz Paulo (footballer, born 1950)
- List of association football families
- Júlio Alves
- List of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players
- List of European association football families
