List of S.L. Benfica players
Players with 100 or more appearances

List of S.L. Benfica players

Section Title: Players with 100 or more appearances
Table Section Text: None

Player	Pos	Club career	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	International team	Caps	Notes	Refs

League	Total

Jesus Crespo	FW	1917–1929	101	39	101	39	Portugal	1

Jorge Tavares	FW	1924–1932	92	33	116	43	Portugal	3

Vítor Silva	FW	1927–1936	79	62	132	108	Portugal	19

Gustavo Teixeira	FB	1932–1939	71	0	157	2	Portugal	9

Francisco Albino	HB	1932–1945	172	12	343	21	Portugal	10

Rogério Sousa	FW	1932–1940	68	46	168	100	—	—

Gaspar Pinto	FB	1934–1946	153	4	318	6	Portugal	5

Alfredo Valadas	FW	1934–1944	136	86	264	158	Portugal	4

Joaquim Alcobia	HB	1936–1937 1938–1945	54	0	108	1	—	—

Guilherme Espírito Santo	FW	1936–1950	117	79	211	152	Portugal	8

César Ferreira	HB	1938–1946	50	0	111	1	—	—

Francisco Ferreira	HB	1938–1952	265	23	398	34	Portugal	25

António Martins	GK	1938–1947	141	0	265	0	Portugal	1

Joaquim Teixeira	FW	1938–1946	87	66	173	121	Portugal	1

Julinho	FW	1942–1953	144	154	200	205	Portugal	1

Rogério Pipi	FW	1942–1954	212	125	320	212	Portugal	15

Arsénio Duarte	FW	1943–1955	223	154	299	220	Portugal	2

Jacinto Marques	FB	1943–1953 1954–1957	202	0	251	0	—	—

Félix Antunes	FB	1944–1954	148	2	188	3	Portugal	15

Francisco Moreira	HB	1944–1954	202	4	266	4	Portugal	7

Joaquim Fernandes	FB	1945–1954	191	1	227	1	—	—

Eduardo Corona	FW	1946–1953	102	37	127	57	—	—

José Bastos	GK	1949–1959	142	0	197	0	—	—

José Águas	FW	1950–1963	281	290	383	379	Portugal	25

Artur Santos	FB	1950–1961	229	0	284	0	Portugal	2

Fernando Caiado	FB	1952–1959	118	17	141	22	Portugal	16

Ângelo Martins	FB	1952–1965	231	3	285	4	Portugal	20

Francisco Palmeiro	HB	1953–1961	106	36	114	36	Portugal	3

Alfredo Abrantes	HB	1954–1960	109	1	140	1	Portugal	1

Domiciano Cavém	U	1954–1970	279	77	416	106	Portugal	18

Mário Coluna	HB	1954–1970	364	89	525	127	Portugal	57

Alberto Costa Pereira	GK	1954–1967	253	0	359	0	Portugal	22

Joaquim Santana	FW	1956–1967	104	51	161	79	Portugal	5

Manuel Serra	FB	1956–1963	70	0	109	0	Portugal	1

José Neto	FB	1958–1966	104	5	155	6	—	—

José Augusto	FW	1959–1970	246	104	369	175	Portugal	43

Fernando Cruz	FB	1959–1970	227	0	344	1	Portugal	11

José Torres	FW	1959–1971	173	151	259	226	Portugal	31

Eusébio	FW	1960–1975	301	317	440	473	Portugal	64

Humberto Fernandes	DF	1960–1969	57	0	106	0	—	—

Germano de Figueiredo	DF	1960–1966	75	4	131	6	Portugal	17

António Simões	FW	1961–1975	310	46	447	72	Portugal	46

Raúl Machado	DF	1962–1969	123	2	193	7	Portugal	11

Jacinto Santos	DF	1962–1971	114	5	166	10	Portugal	5

Amândio Malta da Silva	DF	1964–1965 1966–1976	138	1	192	1	Portugal	5

Adolfo Calisto	DF	1966–1975	141	3	205	5	Portugal	15

Diamantino Costa	FW	1966–1968 1969–1977	84	8	122	22	—	—

José Henrique	GK	1966–1979	217	0	299	0	Portugal	15

Jaime Graça	MF	1966–1975	159	19	229	29	Portugal	24

Humberto Coelho	DF	1968–1975 1977–1984	355	56	498	81	Portugal	64

Nené	FW	1968–1986	423	264	575	360	Portugal	66

Toni	MF	1968–1981	297	16	392	23	Portugal	33

Artur Jorge	FW	1969–1975	95	74	130	105	Portugal	13

Vítor Martins	MF	1969–1978	149	22	191	28	Portugal	3

Messias	DF	1969–1977	89	1	123	2	Portugal	6

António Barros	DF	1970–1971 1973–1977	80	0	106	3	Portugal	8

Vítor Baptista	FW	1971–1977	97	42	151	63	Portugal	8

Artur Correia	DF	1971–1977	124	3	159	3	Portugal	26

Rui Jordão	FW	1971–1976	90	63	127	81	Portugal	12

Manuel Bento	GK	1972–1990	328	0	465	0	Portugal	63

Shéu	MF	1972–1989	349	33	487	45	Portugal	24

Bastos Lopes	DF	1972–1987	277	4	391	4	Portugal	10

Fernando Chalana	FW	1975–1984 1987–1990	224	36	310	47	Portugal	27

Eurico Gomes	DF	1975–1979	89	1	114	1	Portugal	4

Alberto Fonseca	DF	1976–1980	92	1	123	1	Portugal	7

José Luís	MF	1976–1978 1979–1987	160	18	224	21	Portugal	4

Minervino Pietra	DF	1976–1986	227	19	313	24	Portugal	23

João Alves	MF	1978–1983	97	28	141	32	Portugal	17

Reinaldo Gomes	FW	1978–1982	85	48	117	59	Portugal	3

Diamantino Miranda	MF	1978–1980 1982–1990	270	62	302	83	Portugal	19

Carlos Manuel	DF	1979–1988	215	40	318	58	Portugal	42

António Veloso	DF	1980–1995	419	9	538	9	Portugal	40

Álvaro Magalhães	DF	1981–1990	177	6	261	8	Portugal	20

António Oliveira	DF	1982–1987	98	3	146	5	Portugal	3

Michael Manniche	FW	1983–1987	89	47	132	75	Denmark	2

Samuel Quina	DF	1983–1991 1992–1993	117	1	159	2	—	—

Adelino Nunes	MF	1984–1988	74	10	110	20	Portugal	6

Wando	FW	1984–1988	91	12	139	23	—	—

Rui Águas	FW	1985–1988 1990–1994	173	77	237	104	Portugal	22

William	DF	1985–1988 1990–1994	97	11	134	14	—	—

César Brito	FW	1985–1995	100	21	144	36	Portugal	10

Neno	GK	1985–1987 1990–1995	100	0	133	0	Portugal	5

José Carlos	DF	1986–1987 1989–1993	99	3	135	3	Portugal	1

Silvino Louro	GK	1986–1994	184	0	263	0	Portugal	19

Mats Magnusson	FW	1987–1992	122	65	164	84	Sweden	20

Carlos Mozer	DF	1987–1989 1992–1995	120	11	161	14	Brazil	3

António Pacheco	FW	1987–1993	162	30	218	48	Portugal	6

Valdo	MF	1988–1991 1995–1997	138	20	183	28	Brazil	31

Ricardo Gomes	DF	1988–1991 1995–1996	100	23	140	26	Brazil	22

Vítor Paneira	MF	1988–1995	207	28	288	44	Portugal	44

Paulo Madeira	DF	1989–1995 1997–2002	169	4	225	7	Portugal	22

Paulo Sousa	MF	1989–1993	87	1	112	2	Portugal	9

Jonas Thern	MF	1989–1992	71	8	101	10	Sweden	26

Isaías	FW	1990–1995	125	52	178	71	—	—

Rui Costa	MF	1991–1994 2006–2008	121	18	178	29	Portugal	8

Stefan Schwarz	DF	1991–1994	77	7	112	10	Sweden	25

Hélder	DF	1992–1996 2002–2004	166	11	229	16	Portugal	26

João Pinto	FW	1992–2000	220	64	302	90	Portugal	55

Michel Preud'homme	GK	1994–1999	147	0	199	0	—	—

José Calado	MF	1995–2001	138	4	188	8	Portugal	2

Ronaldo Guiaro	DF	1996–2001	111	4	140	5	—	—

Karel Poborský	MF	1996–2001	61	11	112	17	Czech Republic	35

Nuno Gomes	FW	1997–2000 2002–2011	293	125	398	166	Portugal	60

Miguel	DF	2000–2005	131	12	161	13	Portugal	23

Mantorras	FW	2001–2010	101	29	129	31	Angola	29

José Moreira	GK	2001–2011	112	0	148	0	Portugal	1

Simão	FW	2001–2007	172	76	230	94	Portugal	48

Zlatko Zahovič	MF	2001–2005	80	14	102	20	Slovenia	23

Petit	MF	2002–2008	148	12	212	14	Portugal	44

Ricardo Rocha	DF	2002–2007	115	3	162	3	Portugal	6

Geovanni	FW	2003–2006	91	16	131	23	—	—

Luisão	DF	2003–2018	337	26	538	47	Brazil	35

Quim	GK	2004–2010	144	0	184	0	Portugal	11

Léo	DF	2005–2009	82	1	127	2	—	—

Nélson	DF	2005–2008	72	0	107	2	—	—

Kostas Katsouranis	MF	2006–2009	80	10	122	15	Greece	31

Rúben Amorim	MF	2007–2011 2013–2015	95	5	154	6	Portugal	14

Ángel Di María	FW	2007–2010	76	7	124	15	Argentina	4

Óscar Cardozo	FW	2007–2014	175	112	293	172	Paraguay	43

David Luiz	DF	2007–2011	82	4	131	6	Brazil	4

Maxi Pereira	DF	2007–2015	212	13	333	21	Uruguay	91

Pablo Aimar	MF	2008–2013	107	12	179	17	Argentina	1

Carlos Martins	MF	2008–2011 2012–2014	79	6	133	11	Portugal	10

Javi García	MF	2009–2012	74	6	132	14	Spain	1

Javier Saviola	FW	2009–2012	69	24	122	39	—	—

Nicolás Gaitán	MF	2010–2016	152	25	253	41	Argentina	8

Eduardo Salvio	MF	2010–2011 2012–	165	38	265	62	Argentina	8

Ezequiel Garay	DF	2011–2014	78	9	136	12	Argentina	24

Jardel	DF	2011–	146	11	247	16	—	—

Rodrigo	FW	2011–2014	68	27	120	45	—	—

Artur	GK	2011–2015	85	0	144	0	—	—

Enzo Pérez	MF	2011 2012–2014	70	9	117	10	Argentina	10

Lima	FW	2012–2015	89	53	144	70	—	—

André Almeida	DF	2012–	148	5	247	6	Portugal	8

Ljubomir Fejsa	MF	2013–	110	1	163	2	Serbia	12

Pizzi	MF	2014–	151	37	227	44	Portugal	11

Andreas Samaris	MF	2014–	107	4	159	4	Greece	27

Jonas	FW	2014–	129	109	180	136	Brazil	4

Eliseu	DF	2014–2018	75	4	109	4	Portugal	25

Raúl Jiménez	FW	2015–2018	80	18	120	31	Mexico	30

Franco Cervi	MF	2016–	76	9	115	16	Argentina	4

Álex Grimaldo	DF	2016–	75	7	114	10	—	—

Sentence(s)

Benfica's record appearance maker is Nené, who played 575 matches during his record 18-year career at the club; he is followed by António Veloso and Luisão, with 538 appearances over 15 seasons.

final_sentence: Benfica's record appearance maker is Nené, who played 575 matches during his record 18-year career at the club; he is followed by António Veloso and Luisão, with 538 appearances over 15 seasons.