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.

He was born in Mozambique.

### Club

|rowspan="2" width="150"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Sporting de Lourenço Marques|1957 Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique|1957|rowspan="4"|Moçambola|4|9|—|—|||4|9||
|1958 Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique|1958|7|11|—|—|||7|11||||||
|1959 Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique|1959|11|21|—|—|||11|21||||||
|1960 Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique|1960|20|36|—|—|||20|36||||||
|rowspan="16"|Benfica|1960–61|rowspan="15"|Primeira Divisão|1|1|1|1|0|0|||2|2|
|1961–62|17|12|7|11|6|5|1|1|31|29|||||
|1962–63|24|23|6|8|7|6|2|1|39|38|||||
|1963–64|19|28|6|14|3|4|||28|46|||||
|1964–65|20|28|7|11|9|9|||36|48|||||
|1965–66|23|25|2|5|5|7|||30|37|||||
|1966–67|26|31|3|7|4|4|||33|42|||||
|1967–68|24|42|2|2|9|6|||35|50|||||
|1968–69|21|10|9|18|5|1|||35|29|||||
|1969–70|22|21|2|1|4|4|||28|26|||||
|1970–71|22|19|7|9|3|7|||32|35|||||
|1971–72|24|19|5|8|8|1|||37|28|||||
|1972–73|28|40|1|0|4|2|||33|42|||||
|1973–74|21|16|3|2|4|1|||28|19|||||
|1974–75|9|2|0|0|4|0|||13|2|||||
|Boston Minutemen|1975|NASL|7|2|—|—|1|0|8|2|||||
|Monterrey|1975–76|Mexican Primera División|10|1|—|—|—|10|1||||||
|Toronto Metros-Croatia|1976|NASL|21|16|—|—|4|2|25|18|||||
|Beira-Mar|1976–77|Primeira Divisão|12|3|—|—|—|12|3||||||
|Las Vegas Quicksilvers|1977|NASL|17|2|—|—|—|17|2||||||
|União de Tomar|1977–78 Portuguese Second Division|1977–78|Segunda Divisão|9|3|—|—|—|9|3|||||
|rowspan="2"|New Jersey Americans|1978|rowspan="2"|ASL|9|2|—|—|—|9|2||||
|1979|—|—|—|—|—||||||||||
|Buffalo Stallions (indoor)|1979–80|MISL|5|1|—|—|—|5|1||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|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|||

## Honours

**Sporting de Lourenço Marques**
- Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique: 1960

**Benfica**
- 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
- Taça de Honra de Lisboa (9): 1962–63, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75
- Taça Ribeiro dos Reis (3): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1970–71
- European Cup: 1961–62
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961, 1962

**Toronto Metros-Croatia**
- NASL: 1976

**Portugal**
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966
- Independence Cup runner-up: 1972

**Individual**

- Ballon d'Or: 1965
- FIFA XI: 1963, 1967
- World Soccer World XI: 1965
- European Golden Shoe (2): 1968 (first winner), 1973
- Bola de Prata (7): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973
- European Cup top scorer (3): 1965, 1966, 1968
- Taça de Portugal top scorer (5): 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972
- Campeonato Provincial de Moçambique top scorer: 1960
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1966
- FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1966
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year (2): 1970, 1973
- FIFA 100
- FIFA International Football Hall of Champions
- IFFHS Legends
- UEFA Jubilee Awards – Golden Player Portugal
- Portuguese Golden Ball career award: 1991
- UEFA President's Award
- France Football's World Cup Top-100
- Planète Foot's 50 Meilleurs Joueurs du Monde
- Voetbal International's Wereldsterren
- Guerin Sportivo's I 50 Grandi del Secolo
- World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
- Placar's 100 Craques do Século
- Venerdì's 100 Magnifici
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2003
- IFFHS World's Best Player of the Century (9th place)
- BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 1966

- Portuguese Golden Ball career award
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1994
- UEFA President's Award: 2009
- PFA Merit Award: 1993

**Orders**
- Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit

## References

**General**

**Specific**

## Infobox (football biography)

- **image**: Eusebio (1963 version2).jpg
- **caption**: Eusébio in 1963
- **fullname**: Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
- **birth place**: Maputo, Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique
(present-day Maputo, Mozambique)
- **death place**: Lisbon, Portugal
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthclubs1**: C.D. Maxaquene, Sporting Lourenço Marques
- **years1**: 1957–1960
- **clubs1**: C.D. Maxaquene, Sporting Lourenço Marques
- **caps1**: 42
- **goals1**: 77
- **years2**: 1961–1975
- **clubs2**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps2**: 301
- **goals2**: 317
- **years3**: 1975
- **clubs3**: Boston Minutemen
- **caps3**: 7
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1975
- **clubs4**: C.F. Monterrey, Monterrey
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 1975–1976
- **clubs5**: Toronto Blizzard (1971–84), Toronto Metros-Croatia
- **caps5**: 21
- **goals5**: 16
- **years6**: 1976
- **clubs6**: S.C. Beira-Mar, Beira-Mar
- **caps6**: 12
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 1976–1977
- **clubs7**: Las Vegas Quicksilvers
- **caps7**: 17
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 1977–1978
- **clubs8**: U.F.C.I. Tomar, União de Tomar
- **caps8**: 12
- **goals8**: 3
- **years9**: 1978–1979
- **clubs9**: New Jersey Americans (soccer), New Jersey Americans
- **caps9**: 9
- **goals9**: 2
- **years10**: 1979–1980
- **clubs10**: Buffalo Stalions _(indoor)_
- **caps10**: 5
- **goals10**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 436
- **totalgoals**: 424
- **nationalyears1**: 1961–1973
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps1**: 64
- **nationalgoals1**: 41