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Eusébio

Portuguese footballer (1942–2014)

Eusébio (25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014) was a Portuguese football player. He played for Portugal national team and Benfica. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.[3]

Eusébio
Eusébio in 1963
Personal information
Full name Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth (1942-01-25)25 January 1942
Place of birth Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique
(present-day Maputo, Mozambique)
Date of death 5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 71)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sporting Lourenço Marques
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Sporting Lourenço Marques 42 (77)
1961–1975 Benfica 301 (317)
1975 Boston Minutemen 7 (2)
1975 Monterrey 10 (1)
1975–1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia 21 (16)
1976 Beira-Mar 12 (3)
1976–1977 Las Vegas Quicksilvers 17 (2)
1977–1978 União de Tomar 12 (3)
1978–1979 New Jersey Americans 9 (2)
1979–1980 Buffalo Stalions (indoor) 5 (1)
Total 436 (424)
National team
1961–1973 Portugal[2] 64 (41)
Honours
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1966 England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was born in Mozambique.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe[4] Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting de Lourenço
Marques 		1957 Moçambola 4 9 — — 4 9
1958 7 11 — — 7 11
1959 11 21 — — 11 21
1960 20 36 — — 20 36
Total[5] 42 77 — — 42 77
Benfica 1960–61[6] Primeira Divisão 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2
1961–62[7][8] 17 12 7 11 6 5 1 1 31 29
1962–63[9][10] 24 23 6 8 7 6 2 1 39 38
1963–64[11] 19 28 6 14 3 4 28 46
1964–65[12] 20 28 7 11 9 9 36 48
1965–66[13] 23 25 2 5 5 7 30 37
1966–67[14] 26 31 3 7 4 4 33 42
1967–68[15] 24 42 2 2 9 6 35 50
1968–69[16] 21 10 9 18 5 1 35 29
1969–70[17] 22 21 2 1 4 4 28 26
1970–71[18] 22 19 7 9 3 7 32 35
1971–72[19] 24 19 5 8 8 1 37 28
1972–73[20] 28 40 1 0 4 2 33 42
1973–74[21] 21 16 3 2 4 1 28 19
1974–75[22] 9 2 0 0 4 0 13 2
Total 301 317 61 97 75 57 3 2 440 473
Boston Minutemen 1975[23] NASL 7 2 — — 1 0 8 2
Monterrey 1975–76 Mexican Primera División 10 1 — — — 10 1
Toronto Metros-Croatia 1976[23][24] NASL 21 16 — — 4 2 25 18
Beira-Mar 1976–77[5] Primeira Divisão 12 3 — — — 12 3
Las Vegas Quicksilvers 1977[23] NASL 17 2 — — — 17 2
União de Tomar 1977–78[5] Segunda Divisão 9 3 — — — 9 3
New Jersey Americans 1978[23] ASL 9 2 — — — 9 2
1979 — — — — —
Buffalo Stallions (indoor) 1979–80[23] MISL 5 1 — — — 5 1
Career total 433 424 61 97 75 57 8 4 577 582
  1. ↑ Appearances in Intercontinental Cup, North American Soccer League Playoffs

International

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See the main article: List of international goals scored by Eusébio
Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 1961 2 1
1962 5 2
1963 1 0
1964 6 4
1965 7 7
1966 12 12
1967 6 3
1968 2 1
1969 4 2
1970 1 0
1971 5 2
1972 9 4
1973 4 3
Total 64 41

Honours

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Statue of Eusébio outside Estádio da Luz

Sporting de Lourenço Marques

Benfica[27]

Toronto Metros-Croatia

Portugal

Individual

 
Eusébio's seven Bolas de Prata on display at Museu Benfica
 
Eusébio's Golden Foot in Monaco

Orders

References

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General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica [Benfica's Almanac] (in Portuguese). Alfragide: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. ↑ "Eusébio: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (29 October 2005). "Eusébio Ferreira da Silva – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections". Archived from the original on 2009-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Eusébio Ferreira da Silva - Goals in European Cups". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Eusébio da Silva Ferreira". Foradejogo.net. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 293
  7. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 301
  8. ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (14 April 1999). "Intercontinental Club Cup 1961". RSSS. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 308
  10. ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (14 April 1999). "Intercontinental Club Cup 1962". RSSS. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 315
  12. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 322
  13. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 329
  14. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 335
  15. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 342
  16. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 349
  17. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 356
  18. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 364
  19. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 371
  20. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 377
  21. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 383
  22. ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 390
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 "North American Soccer League Players – Eusebio". nasljerseys.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "The Year in American Soccer – 1976". homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  25. ↑ Eusébio Ferreira da Silva – Goals in International Matches Archived 10 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine. rsssf.org (29 October 2005). Retrieved on 8 May 2011.
  26. ↑ "Mozambique – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 50. ISSN 0872-3540.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "bestfootballplayersever – Eusebio". bestfootballplayersever.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Almanaque do Benfica. Lua de Mel. 2012. pp. 287–390. ISBN 978-98923-2087-8.
  30. ↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1961". FIFA. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  31. ↑ "Extraordinary Pele crowns Santos in Lisbon". FIFA. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  32. ↑ "Hurst the hero for England in the home of football". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 "Eusébio. Palmarés do antigo futebolista do Benfica e da selecção portuguesa". I Online. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  34. ↑ "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  35. ↑ "ERIC BATTY'S WORLD XI – THE SIXTIES" Archived 14 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 26 November 2015
  36. ↑ "THE GOLDEN SHOE European Sports Media". eusm.eu. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Eusébio". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  38. ↑ "1966 FIFA World Cup England". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  39. ↑ "Portugal's beloved and brilliant Black Panther". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  40. ↑ "FIFA World Cup All-Star Team". Sporting99.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
  41. ↑ "Portugal – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  42. ↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  43. ↑ "International Hall of Champions – Together – At Last". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012.
  44. ↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  45. ↑ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Azevedo, Rogério (29 January 2011). "Saviola Jogador do Ano". A Bola. pp. 2–5.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 "Eusébio recebeu 'UEFA Presidents Award'". Diário de Notícias. 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  48. ↑ "France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009.
  49. ↑ "Planète Foot's 50 Meilleurs Joueurs du Monde". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015.
  50. ↑ "Voetbal International's Wereldsterren by Raf Willems". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015.
  51. ↑ "Guerin' Sportivo's I 50 Grandi del Secolo by Adalberto Bortolotti". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015.
  52. ↑ "World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time". rsssf.coml.[dead link]
  53. ↑ "Placar's 100 Craques do Século". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014.
  54. ↑ "Venerdì's All-Time Top-100 (100 Magnifici)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  55. ↑ "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  56. ↑ "World – Player of the Century". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013.
  57. ↑ "50th Sports Personality of the Year". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  58. ↑ "FIFA Order of Merit Holders" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  59. ↑ "PFA pays tribute to 'Football Icon' Eusebio". thepfa.com. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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