15 Footballers With Bizarre Side Jobs

Such is the apparent scarcity of intelligent footballers, it seems all it takes is to win a couple of episodes of Countdown or possess a GCSE in Latin to be labelled a genius. Yet Sócrates is one footballer who deserves the label ‘genius’ more than most. After all, not content with been venerated as a footballer, Sócrates decided to study medicine, graduating whilst still playing the game and taking up a career in medicine after hanging up his boots.

All of which is pretty impressive, yet for Sócrates, the extracurricular pursuits don’t stop there. He also dabbled in politics, forming the Corinthians Democracy movement in opposition to the militarised government of the time and playing an important role in instigating social and political reform to his native Brazil.