Vitor Marcolino da Silva (Lisbon 20 February 1909 21 July 1982) was a Portuguese footballer. He was one of the first great forwards both for Benfica as for Portugal. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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