Brazil Bid Farewell to Footballer Serginho

Sports | October 29, 2004, Friday // 00:00

Brazilian football has been in mourning after the sudden death of Sao Caetano defender Serginho. The 30-year-old collapsed with a heart attack during Wednesday's match against Sao Paulo.

His funeral is taking place Friday.

Television channels have been giving heavy rotation to the moment he fell to the ground while a rival player, unaware of what was happening, tripped over him.

Serginho, whose full name is Paulo Sergio de Oliveira, had a wife and a four-year-old child.

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