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Ex-Footballer Dies Aged 41 in Freak Accident After Storm Kills Four Others

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Tassio Maia dos Santos, 41, was one of two men who were killed on Wednesday in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro.

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Former Footballer Dies in Tragic Circumstances

A former footballer has died after a wall collapsed during a storm. The death of the deceased footballer, 41-year-old Tassio Maia dos Santos, was confirmed by the Brazilian Serie A team.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Le FigaroLe Figaro
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Foot: a Former Brazilian Player Dies Crushed by a Wall During a Storm in Rio

Tássio Maia dos Santos, who had tested at RC Lens in 2013, died in the violent storm that hit Rio de Janeiro on 29 July.

·Paris, France
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la Nacionla Nacion
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Brazilian Football Mourning: a Former Player Died After the Collapse of a Wall in the Middle of the Storm that Struck Rio De Janeiro

Tássio Maia dos Santos was 41 years old and retired in 2019; at the time of the collapse he met a friend, also a fatal victim of the event.

·Vicente López, Argentina
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Ex-footballer dies aged 41 in freak accident after storm kills four others

Tassio Maia dos Santos, 41, was one of two men who were killed on Wednesday in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro.

·London, United Kingdom
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The SunThe Sun
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Ex top-flight footballer, 41, dies as wall collapses after gale force winds

A FORMER top-flight Brazilian footballer has died after a wall collapsed during storm-force winds which claimed the lives of five...

·London, United Kingdom
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Died in Tragic Incident Tassio Maia, Former Player of Saprisa

The striker Tassio Maia arrived at the purple painting in 2018, when he was 33 years old.

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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
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