José Águas

Portuguese footballer (1930–2000)

José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈaɡwɐʃ]; 9 November 1930 – 10 December 2000) was a Portuguese footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a striker.

José Águas
Águas with Benfica in 1962
Personal information
Full name José Pinto Carvalho Santos Águas
Date of birth (1930-11-09)9 November 1930
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Date of death 10 December 2000(2000-12-10) (aged 70)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1944–1948 Lusitano Lobito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Lusitano Lobito
1950–1963 Benfica 281 (290)
1963–1964 Austria Vienna 7 (2)
Total 288 (292)
National team
1952–1962 Portugal 25 (11)
Teams managed
1966–1967 Marítimo
1967–1968 Atlético
1968–1969 Leixões
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His son, Rui Águas , was also a footballer. His daughter, Helena Maria (more commonly known as Lena d'Água) is a singer. [1][2]

Career statistics change

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Club change

Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica 1950–51 Primeira Divisão 19 23 7 6 26 29
1951–52 22 28 7 6 29 34
1952–53 25 25 7 10 32 35
1953–54 18 24 2 0 20 24
1954–55 26 20 6 6 32 26
1955–56 26 28 2 2 28 30
1956–57 25 30 7 3 32 33
1957–58 22 22 8 9 2 0 32 31
1958–59 24 26 8 3 32 29
1959–60 25 18 9 12 34 30
1960–61 23 27 1 5 9 11 33 43
1961–62 22 18 5 2 9 6 36 26
1962–63 4 2 6 5 3 1 13 8
Total 281 291 75 70 21 18 377 379
Austria Wien 1963–64 Austrian Staatsliga 7 2 0 0 1 0 8 2
Career total 288 293 75 70 22 18 385 381

International goals change

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 September 1953 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Wien, Austria   Austria 1–5 1–9 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 22 November 1953 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal   South Africa 2–0 3–1 Friendly
3. 22 May 1955 Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal   England 1–1 3–1 Friendly
4. 22 May 1955 Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal   England 3–1 3–1 Friendly
5. 20 November 1955 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal   Sweden 1–1 2–6 Friendly
6. 20 November 1955 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal   Sweden 2–4 2–6 Friendly
7. 23 December 1955 Muhammad Ali Stadium, Cairo, Egypt   Egypt 1–0 4–0 Friendly
8. 23 December 1955 Muhammad Ali Stadium, Cairo, Egypt   Egypt 4–0 4–0 Friendly
9. 9 June 1956 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal   Hungary 1–0 2–2 Friendly
10. 19 March 1961 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal   Luxembourg 1–0 6–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. 21 May 1961 Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal   England 1–0 1–1 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours change

Player change

Benfica

Manager change

Marítimo

Atlético

Individual change

References change

  1. ""O Luís Pedro [Fonseca] é que tinha tudo na cabeça. Ele era o doutrinador" – recorde entrevista com Lena d'Água em 2010" ["Luís Pedro [Fonseca] was the one that had everything in his head. He was the indoctrinator" – remember interview with Lena d'Água in 2010] (in Portuguese). Blitz. 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. "Rui Águas e Kelvin: eles contam como se decide um Clássico" [Rui Águas and Kelvin: they will tell you how to decide a classic] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. "José Águas". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 88. ISSN 3846-0823.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 44. ISSN 0872-3540.

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