Germano de Figueiredo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Germano Luís de Figueiredo | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Alcântara, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 14 July 2004 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Linda-a-Velha, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1947–1951 | Atlético | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1960 | Atlético | ||
| 1960–1966 | Benfica | 75 | (4) |
| 1966–1967 | Salgueiros | ||
| National team | |||
| 1953–1966 | Portugal | 24 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Germano Luís de Figueiredo (23 December 1932 – 14 July 2004), known simply as Germano (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒɨɾˈmɐnu]), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.
He played most of his professional career with Benfica, appearing in 131 official games and winning eight major titles, including two European Cups.[1]
Germano represented Portugal at the 1966 World Cup. He ranked 53rd in UEFA's 50 Greatest Footballers of the Last 50 Years jubilee list.[2]
Club career
Born in Alcântara (Lisbon), Germano started playing with local Atlético Clube de Portugal, spending seven of his nine seasons in the top division. In the 1960 summer he moved to neighbouring S.L. Benfica, where he remained for the following six years, being a leading defensive unit of the sides that won four national championships and two European Cups (against FC Barcelona and Real Madrid); in the latter competition's 1964–65 edition, he was placed in goal following his teammate's Alberto da Costa Pereira injury in the final against Inter Milan, and kept a clean sheet for more than 30 minutes, albeit in a 0–1 loss.[1]
Germano retired in 1967, after one year with S.C. Salgueiros in the second level. He died in Linda-a-Velha at the age of 71.
International career
Germano played 24 times with Portugal, during thirteen years. He was part of the squad that appeared at the 1966 FIFA World Cup but, after a subpar performance in the second game against Bulgaria, was benched for the rest of the tournament, which ended with a third-place conquest.
Honours
Club
- Benfica
- European Cup:[3] 1960–61, 1961–62; Runner-up 1962–63, 1964–65
- Primeira Liga:[3] 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65
- Taça de Portugal:[3] 1961–62, 1963–64; Runner-up 1964–65
- Taça de Honra (2)[3]
- Atlético
- Second Division: 1958–59
Country
- Portugal
- FIFA World Cup: Third-place 1966
Individual
- World Soccer World XI: 1961, 1962, 1965[4]
References
- 1 2 "Germano Luís de Figueiredo" (in Portuguese). Vedeta ou Marreta?. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ "60–51: Dois portugueses em destaque" [60–51: Two Portuguese highlighted] (in Portuguese). UEFA.com. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions to history]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing: 49. May 2015. ISSN 0872-3540.
- ↑ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties" (in Spanish). Beyond the Last Man. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
External links
- Germano at thefinalball.com
- Germano profile at ForaDeJogo
- Germano at National-Football-Teams.com
- Germano – FIFA competition record
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
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