F.C . Barreirense
Which team did the player Manuel Bento belong to from 1966 to 1972?
Manuel Bento Manuel Galrinho Bento ( 25 June 1948 – 1 March 2007 ) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper . Bento was best known for his 20-year spell at Benfica , having retired well into his 40s after appearing in nearly 650 official games . He represented Portugal at Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup , helping the national team reach the semi-finals in the former tournament . Chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese footballers , Bento won the Goalkeeper of the Year award a best-ever eight times . In January 2015 , he was chosen by the UEFA website as one of Europes favourite goalkeepers . Club career . Bento was born in Golegã , Santarém District . After various youth spells , including one with Sporting CP , he started professionally at F.C . Barreirense , being transferred to S.L . Benfica for the 1972–73 season . Bento started with Benfica as a backup to another Portuguese keeper , José Henrique . After three years in an interesting battle for first-choice status , the former gained the starting position in 1976 at age 28 , and proceeded to amass 636 overall appearances for the Lisbon side . Bento suffered a severe injury in the 1986 summer on international duty , from which he never recovered fully . He spent the next six years mainly as third-string , behind Silvino and Neno , being on the bench at both the 1988 and 1990 European Cup finals , lost to PSV Eindhoven and A.C . Milan respectively ; the last game of his career came at the end of the 1989–90 campaign against C.F . Os Belenenses , in which he was chosen Man of the match . In the summer of 1989 he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese . In June 1992 , aged 44 , Bento retired from football after exactly 20 years at Benfica – he was the oldest footballer ever to appear in the Portuguese first division . Subsequently , he began working as a goalkeeper coach , always with his main club . Bento died in the hospital of Barreiro on 1 March 2007 , after suffering a heart attack . He was 58 years old . International career . Bento earned 63 caps for Portugal , over the course of one decade . He made his debut on 16 October 1976 in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns opener , a 0–2 defeat against Poland in Porto . Bento remained first-choice for the following nine years , being between the posts as the national team reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1984 , excelling in the 2–3 loss against the hosts France . He also started in the epic 1–0 win in West Germany for the 1986 World Cup qualifiers , being subsequently picked for the final stages in Mexico at age 38 : he appeared in the first game against England ( another single-goal success ) , then broke his fibula in training , being replaced for the remainder of the tournament by Sportings Vítor Damas ; Portugal lost the next two matches and were eliminated from the knockout stages . Honours . Club . Benfica - Primeira Divisão ( 8 ) : 1972–73 , 1974–75 , 1975–76 , 1976–77 , 1980–81 , 1982–83 , 1983–84 , 1986–87 - Taça de Portugal ( 5 ) : 1979–80 , 1980–81 , 1982–83 , 1984–85 , 1985–86 - Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira ( 2 ) : 1980 , 1985 - Taça de Honra ( 6 ) Individual . - Portuguese Footballer of the Year : 1977 External links . - Portugal stats at Eu-Football