Mourning in Brazilian football. José Carlos de Almeida ‘Zé Carlos’side of the Canarinha in the 1998 World Cup in France, died this Friday at the age of 56 after suffering a “massive heart attack”, according to a statement from Sao Paulo, the team in which the Rio international played.
“Sao Paulo FC, with immense pain and sadnessinforms and regrets the death of José Carlos de Almeida, Zé Carlos, which occurred on Friday, October 25, 2024, in the city of Osasco (SP). The former tricolor player was 56 years old. The club has declared official mourning,” the São Paulo entity stated through a note on its official channels, in which it also stated expressed his solidarity to “family, friends and admirers of Zé Carlos in this moment of deep pain”.
The former player suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest while he was sleeping at a relative’s house in the town of Osasco, metropolitan region of São Paulo.
Zé Carlos, who was born on November 14, 1967 in Presidente Bernardes, almost 600 kilometers from the capital of São Paulo, had a late but notable football career. The right back gained notoriety playing for the Sociedade Esportiva Matonense team in 1997, when the club was promoted to the first division of the Paulista Championship.
At the beginning of 1998 he became a member of São Paulo’s starting team, which allowed him to lift the Paulista Championship title that same year and put him in the sights of the technical commission of the Brazilian team, which called him up in 1998 to play as a substitute for Cafú in the World Cup in France.
Ze Carlos He replaced the suspended Cafú in the semifinal against Hollanda match that Brazil won on penalties, earning their place in the final, in which they finally lost to France. In the last years of his career he toured clubs such as Gremio, Ponte Preta and Joinvilleto finish his career at Noroeste in 2005.
