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

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. 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

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representing the country at the

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Personal life

His brother

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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

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mother.Bruno Alves: «Sinto grande orgulho no Geraldo e no Júlio» (Bruno Alves: «I am very proud of Geraldo and Júlio»)
; Mais Futebol, 26 August 2011 (in Portuguese) His nephews Geraldo,

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, and Júlio also played the sport.La dinastía que une Brasil y Portugal (The dynasty that unites Brazil and Portugal)
; FIFA.com, 2 April 2014 (in Spanish)

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

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Honours

Club

;Flamengo * Campeonato Carioca: 1974 *

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: 1973

International

;Brazil *

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: 1976

References

External links

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Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves profile
at Mamvs.narod.ru *
Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves article
at Flamengoalternativo.com Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers 1954 births 1976 deaths Men's association football midfielders {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-stub