Former Brazil defender Ze Carlos, runner-up at the 1998 World Cup, died on Friday at the age of 56, his former club Sao Paulo announced.
Former Brazil defender Ze Carlos, runner-up at the 1998 World Cup, died on Friday at the age of 56, his former club Sao Paulo announced. The club did not specify the cause of death, which local media attributed to cardiac arrest. "It is with great sadness that Sao Paulo FC announces the death of José Carlos de Almeida, Ze Carlos, this Friday in Osasco, near Sao Paulo, the club where he played from 1997 to 1999. Ze Carlos did not have a game when he died chosen for the team as a substitute for
Flavio Conceicao for the 1998 World Cup. He remained on the bench during the group stage and knockout matches against Chile in the round of 16 and Denmark in the quarter-finals.
His only game was when Cafu was suspended for the semi-final against the Netherlands, which Brazil won on penalties.
He returned to the bench for the 3-0 defeat to Zinedine Zidane's France in the final and was never selected to play for Brazil again, retiring in 2005.
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