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Former Brazil full-back Ze Carlos, runner-up on the 1998 World Cup, died on Friday aged 56, his outdated membership Sao Paulo introduced. The membership didn’t specify the reason for loss of life, which native media attributed to cardiac arrest. “It’s with nice sorrow that Sao Paulo FC announce the loss of life of Jose Carlos de Almeida, Ze Carlos, this Friday in Osasco, close to Sao Paulo,” stated a press release from the membership the place he performed from 1997 to 1999. Ze Carlos was uncapped when he was picked within the squad as a substitute for Flavio Conceicao for the 1998 World Cup.
He was an unused substitute in the course of the group stage and in knockout matches towards Chile within the spherical of 16 and Denmark within the quarter-finals.
His solely cap got here when Cafu was suspended for the semi-final towards the Netherlands which Brazil received on penalties.
He returned to the bench for the 3-0 defeat by Zinedine Zidane’s France within the ultimate and was by no means chosen to play for Brazil once more, retiring in 2005.
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