Eusébio

Eusébio
	; Eusébio in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth	January 25, 1942
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique
Date of death	January 5, 2014
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.^[1]

He was born in Mozambique.

Club career statistics

Eusébio during his time at Benfica. He is the club's record goalscorer, with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches.
Eusébio strikes against Real Madrid during the 1962 European Cup Final.
Eusébio celebrating Benfica's 1962 European Cup victory
Eusébio (right) with Pelé (left) and Brian Joy (centre) before a game in the NASL in April 1977
Eusébio as Portugal's captain against Argentina
Eusébio accompanied by his wife, Flora, in April 1972
Eusébio's tomb in the National Pantheon, Lisbon
Statue of Eusébio outside Estádio da Luz
Eusébio's seven Bolas de Prata on display at Museu Benfica
Eusébio's Golden Foot in Monaco

↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections". Archived from the original on 2009-03-03.
↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Eusébio". www.national-football-teams.com.
↑ "Eusébio Ferreira da Silva - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.

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Personal information
Eusébio in 1963
Full name	Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth	(1942-01-25)January 25, 1942
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique
Date of death	January 5, 2014
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1975 1975 1975–1976 1976 1976–1977 1977	Benfica Boston Minutemen Monterrey Toronto Metros-Croatia Beira-Mar Las Vegas Quicksilver
National team
1961–1973	Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only