Eusébio
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]
.jpg) Eusébio in 1963 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eusébio da Silva Ferreira | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique (present-day Maputo, Mozambique) | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 2014 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He was born in Mozambique.
Career statistics
Club
| 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 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Intercontinental Cup, North American Soccer League Playoffs
International
| 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]
- Primeira Liga (11): 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75
- Taça de Portugal (5): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72[28]
- Taça de Honra de Lisboa (9): 1962–63, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75[29]
- Taça Ribeiro dos Reis (3): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1970–71[29]
- European Cup: 1961–62[28]
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961,[30] 1962[31]
Toronto Metros-Croatia
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966[32]
- Independence Cup runner-up: 1972
Individual
- Ballon d'Or: 1965[33]
- FIFA XI: 1963, 1967[34]
- World Soccer World XI: 1965[35]
- European Golden Shoe (2): 1968 (first winner), 1973[36]
- Bola de Prata (7): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973[37]
- European Cup top scorer (3): 1965, 1966, 1968[37]
- Taça de Portugal top scorer (5): 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972
- Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique top scorer: 1960
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1966[38]
- FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1966[39]
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966[40]
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year (2): 1970, 1973[41]
- FIFA 100[42]
- FIFA International Football Hall of Champions[43]
- IFFHS Legends[44]
- UEFA Jubilee Awards – Golden Player Portugal[45]
- Portuguese Golden Ball career award: 1991[46]
- UEFA President's Award[47]
- France Football's World Cup Top-100[48]
- Planète Foot's 50 Meilleurs Joueurs du Monde[49]
- Voetbal International's Wereldsterren[50]
- Guerin Sportivo's I 50 Grandi del Secolo[51]
- World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time[52]
- Placar's 100 Craques do Século[53]
- Venerdì's 100 Magnifici[54]
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2003[55]
- IFFHS World's Best Player of the Century (9th place)[56]
- BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 1966[57]
Eusébio's Golden Foot in Monaco
- Portuguese Golden Ball career award[46]
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1994[58]
- UEFA President's Award: 2009[47]
- PFA Merit Award: 1993[59]
Orders
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry[33]
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit[33]
Eusébio Media
Eusébio strikes against Real Madrid during the 1962 European Cup Final.
Eusébio celebrating Benfica's 1962 European Cup victory
Eusébio as Portugal's captain against Argentina in 1972.
Eusébio accompanied by his wife, Flora, in April 1972
Eusébio's tomb in the National Pantheon, Lisbon
Eusébio on a commemorative coin from Armenia
References
General
- Tovar, Rui Miguel. Almanaque do Benfica (in pt) (2012). Alfragide: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
Specific
- ↑ Eusébio: Profile. worldfootball.netHEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ↑ Pierrend, José Luis. Eusébio Ferreira da Silva – Goals in International Matches (29 October 2005)Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ↑ IFFHS' Century Elections.
- ↑ Eusébio Ferreira da Silva - Goals in European Cups. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eusébio da Silva FerreiraForadejogo.net. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 293
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 301
- ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José. Intercontinental Club Cup 1961 (14 April 1999)RSSS. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 308
- ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José. Intercontinental Club Cup 1962 (14 April 1999)RSSS. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 315
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 322
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 329
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 335
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 342
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 349
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 356
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 364
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 371
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 377
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 383
- ↑ Almanaque Benfica p. 390
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 North American Soccer League Players – Eusebionasljerseys.com. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 The Year in American Soccer – 1976homepages.sover.net. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mozambique – List of Champions. RSSSF.
- ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" (in pt). Visão (Portugal: Impresa Publishing): 50. May 2015. .
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 bestfootballplayersever – Eusebiobestfootballplayersever.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Almanaque do Benfica (2012)Lua de Mel. p. 287–390. ISBN 978-98923-2087-8.
- ↑ Intercontinental Cup 1961. FIFA (7 May 2007). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ↑ Extraordinary Pele crowns Santos in Lisbon. FIFA (11 October 2012). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ↑ "Hurst the hero for England in the home of football". FIFA.com. https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/england1966/index.html.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 "Eusébio. Palmarés do antigo futebolista do Benfica e da selecção portuguesa". I Online. 5 January 2014. http://www.ionline.pt/artigos/portugal/eusebio-palmares-antigo-futebolista-benfica-da-seleccao-portuguesa. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ Matches of FIFA XI. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ "ERIC BATTY'S WORLD XI – THE SIXTIES" Archived 14 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 26 November 2015
- ↑ THE GOLDEN SHOE European Sports Mediaeusm.eu. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Eusébioworldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ 1966 FIFA World Cup EnglandFIFA.com.
- ↑ Portugal's beloved and brilliant Black Panther. FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ FIFA World Cup All-Star TeamSporting99.com.
- ↑ Portugal – Footballer of the Year. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "International Hall of Champions – Together – At Last". fifa.com. https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/archive/edition=1999901997/news/newsid=71541/index.html.
- ↑ IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players (25 January 2016)IFFHS. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=130150.html. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Azevedo, Rogério (29 January 2011). Saviola Jogador do Ano. pp. 2–5.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 "Eusébio recebeu 'UEFA Presidents Award'". Diário de Notícias. 24 February 2010. https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/eusebio-recebeu-uefa-presidents-award-1502467.html. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ "France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990". RSSSF. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ff-wc100.html.
- ↑ "Planète Foot's 50 Meilleurs Joueurs du Monde". RSSSF. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html.
- ↑ Voetbal International's Wereldsterren by Raf Willems. RSSSF.
- ↑ "Guerin' Sportivo's I 50 Grandi del Secolo by Adalberto Bortolotti". RSSSF. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html.
- ↑ World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time. rsssf.coml.[dead link]
- ↑ Placar's 100 Craques do Século. RSSSF.
- ↑ Venerdì's All-Time Top-100 (100 Magnifici). RSSSF. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ LegendsGolden Foot. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "World – Player of the Century". RSSSF. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html.
- ↑ 50th Sports Personality of the YearBBC Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ FIFA Order of Merit Holders. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "PFA pays tribute to 'Football Icon' Eusebio". thepfa.com. 5 January 2014. http://www.thepfa.com/news/2014/1/5/pfa-pays-tribute-to-football-icon-eusebio. Retrieved 5 August 2014.