Claudiney Ramos (15 March 1980 – 8 July 2013) was a professional

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who played as a

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. He was nicknamed Rincón, because of his physical resemblance to former Corinthians player, Colombian Freddy Rincón. Born in Brazil, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

International career

Rincón was part of a lot of

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ian players that the Ministry of Sports of

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had naturalized (purchased) in September 2012 to strengthen its

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and try to trace the tie 0–4 for the

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against Congo DR. Then, he made his debut for Equatorial Guinea on 14 October 2012 in the return match versus Congo DR. The game was won by 2–1, but it wasn't enough to qualify for the competition. In March the following year, Rincón scored the winning goal in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against

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, being that his greatest moment of international notoriety, which lost all its value posthumously. Eleven days after his death,

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awarded the points of the match to Cape Verde, considering that his teammate

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was not regularized.

Death

Rincón had represented

in June 2013, playing three matches (two FIFA World Cup qualifiers and one friendly) between days 5 and 16. During that trip, he contracted

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but felt symptoms only three weeks later, in Brazil. He was hospitalized in Sorocaba Hospital, where he died on the morning of July 8. Rincón was 33 and at the time of his death, he was under contract with EC Avenida.

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