Eusébio

Eusébio
	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)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Sporting Lourenço Marques
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1960	Sporting Lourenço Marques
1961–1975	Benfica
1975	Boston Minutemen
1975	Monterrey
1975–1976	Toronto Metros-Croatia
1976	Beira-Mar
1976–1977	Las Vegas Quicksilvers
1977–1978	União de Tomar
1978–1979	New Jersey Americans
1979–1980	Buffalo Stalions (indoor)
Total
National team
1961–1973	Portugal
Honours
Representing Portugal
FIFA World Cup
	* 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.^[3]

He was born in Mozambique.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe^[4]		Other^[a]		Total
Club	Season	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
New Jersey Americans	1979	ASL	—		—		—		—		—
Buffalo Stallions (indoor)	1979–80^[23]	MISL	5	1	—		—		—		5	1
Career total			433	424	61	97	75	57	8	4	577	582

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

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

Individual

Orders

General

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

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