Eusébio

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)
International career
1961–1973 Portugal[2] 64 (41)
Medal record
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

He was born in Mozambique.

Career statistics

Club

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 49——49
1958 711——711
1959 1121——1121
1960 2036——2036
Total[5] 4277——4277
Benfica 1960–61[6] Primeira Divisão 11110022
1961–62[7][8] 171271165113129
1962–63[9][10] 24236876213938
1963–64[11] 1928614342846
1964–65[12] 2028711993648
1965–66[13] 232525573037
1966–67[14] 263137443342
1967–68[15] 244222963550
1968–69[16] 2110918513529
1969–70[17] 222121442826
1970–71[18] 221979373235
1971–72[19] 241958813728
1972–73[20] 284010423342
1973–74[21] 211632412819
1974–75[22] 920040132
Total 3013176197755732440473
Boston Minutemen 1975[23] NASL 72——1082
Monterrey 1975–76 Mexican Primera División 101———101
Toronto Metros-Croatia 1976[23][24] NASL 2116——422518
Beira-Mar 1976–77[5] Primeira Divisão 123———123
Las Vegas Quicksilvers 1977[23] NASL 172———172
União de Tomar 1977–78[5] Segunda Divisão 93———93
New Jersey Americans 1978[23] ASL 92———92
1979 —————
Buffalo Stallions (indoor) 1979–80[23] MISL 51———51
Career total 4334246197755784577582
  1. ↑ Appearances in Intercontinental Cup, North American Soccer League Playoffs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 196121
196252
196310
196464
196577
19661212
196763
196821
196942
197010
197152
197294
197343
Total6441

Honours

Statue of Eusébio outside Estádio da Luz

Sporting de Lourenço Marques

  • Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique: 1960[26]

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

Individual

Eusébio's seven Bolas de Prata on display at Museu Benfica
  • 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

References

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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 "North American Soccer League Players – Eusebio". nasljerseys.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  24. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "bestfootballplayersever – Eusebio". bestfootballplayersever.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  29. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Azevedo, Rogério (29 January 2011). "Saviola Jogador do Ano". A Bola. pp. 2–5.
  47. 1 2 "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.
  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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