FILE BRAZIL SOCCER SOCRATES ILL IN HOSPITAL ( FILE ) A file photograph dated 26 March 2009 showing former Brazilian soccer player Socrates ( L ) , at the Pacaembu stadium , during a visit by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ( not pictured ) to Sao Paulo , Brazil . Media reports on 03 December 2011 state that Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira , who played the soccer World Cup 1982 and 1986 with the Brazilian national team , has been hospitalized for the third time this year and his condition is ' serious ', reported medical sources . One of the greatest stars of Brazilian soccer , was admitted the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on 01 December 2011 , although it was not announced until 03 December 2011 . EPA / SEBASTIAO MOREIRA < 연합뉴스 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >