Max (footballer, Born 1975)
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Maxlei dos Santos Luzia or simply Max (27 February 1975 – 26 July 2017), was a Brazilian
goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
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Death

In June 2017, Max was the victim of an attempted robbery. Bandits hit their car in the city of Duque de Caxias, in the Baixada Fluminense, with the intention of taking the vehicle, causing a serious accident. The former goalkeeper suffered a fractured right hand and a cerebral edema. At the Hospital da Lagoa, in the city of
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
, Max had his clinical condition aggravated. The doctors noticed a rare autoimmune disease in the athlete. On July 25 he failed to respond to neurological tests, and the next day brain death was confirmed. It is unclear whether his death is the result of the injuries suffered during the robbery or due to the autoimmune disease.Max, ex-goleiro do Botafogo, tem morte cerebral confirmada por médicos
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Honours

;Botafogo *
Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...
: 2006 *
Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...
: 2006 *
Taça Rio Taça Rio, or Rio Trophy, is an annual Rio de Janeiro football tournament. It is the second stage competition of the Campeonato Carioca, the state football championship in Rio de Janeiro. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro ...
: 2007 ;Joinville *
Copa Santa Catarina The Copa Santa Catarina ( en, Santa Catarina Cup) is a tournament organized by the Federação Catarinense de Futebol, Santa Catarina State Football Federation every second half of the season. It is played by Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina s ...
: 2011 * Série C do Brasileiro: 2011 ; Boa Esporte *
Taça Minas Gerais The Taça Minas Gerais is a traditional football tournament played in the Minas Gerais state in Brazil. From 1973 through 1977 it was played as a separate tournament, but from 1979 through 1986, it was played as one of the phases in the Campeonato ...
: 2012


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canalbotafogo.comCBF
1975 births 2017 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) players Bangu Atlético Clube players Friburguense Atlético Clube players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Itumbiara Esporte Clube players Joinville Esporte Clube players Men's association football goalkeepers Neurological disease deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state) Deaths from cerebral edema Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-footy-goalkeeper-stub