Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva

Serginho
Personal information
Full namePaulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva
Date of birth19 October 1974
Place of birthVitória, Brazil
Date of death27 October 2004 (aged 30)
Place of deathSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995Patrocinense
1995–1996Social (MG)
1996Democrata-MG
1996Mogi Mirim
1997–1998Social (MG)
1998Ipatinga
1999Araçatuba
1999–2004São Caetano
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva (19 October 1974 – 27 October 2004), better known as "Serginho", was a Brazilian footballer.

Serginho started his career in the town of Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. He played for São Caetano as a defender, and was playing for his team in a Campeonato Brasileiro match against São Paulo on 27 October 2004 when he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest 60 minutes into the match. A later autopsy showed Serginho's heart to weigh 600 grams, twice the size of an average human heart.

For São Caetano, Serginho won the 2nd division of Campeonato Paulista in 2000 and first division in 2004, and was runner-up in two Campeonatos Brasileiros and one Copa Libertadores.

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