Álvaro Cardoso
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Álvaro Cardoso da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 12 May 2004 | (aged 90)||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933–1938 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
1938–1948 |
Sporting CP | 148 | (1) |
International career | |||
1941–1947 | Portugal | 13 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1953 |
Sporting CP | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Álvaro Cardoso da Silva (14 January 1914 – 12 May 2004) was a
Club career
Cardoso played for
International career
Cardoso represented Portugal thirteen times, with eleven of those as the captain. He made his debut on 12 January 1941 in Lisbon, against Spain, which finished in a 2–2 draw. He was also part of the team that beat Spain for the first time in an official match, on 26 January 1947. According to legend, he received an anonymous phone call telling him to bury a lucky talisman behind the nets. He received a silver goat horn wrapped in tissue, and asked his teammate Serafim Neves to bury it at night, so that no one would know. He did so, and Portugal won 4–1.[1] Cardoso's final appearance for Portugal was in a 10–0 loss to England, where he demanded to be substituted in the first half, having been humiliated by Tom Finney, the player he was supposed to be marking.[2]
Managerial career
Having been the assistant manager at Sporting for the past two seasons under Randolph Galloway, Cardoso became manager in 1953. However, he lasted ten matches, winning six, drawing one and losing three. He was replaced in the same year by João Joaquim Tavares da Silva.
Honours
Club
- Sporting
- Taça de Portugal: 1940–41, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48
- Campeonato de Lisboa: 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1946–47
References
- ^ "ÁLVARO CARDOSO 1943–1944". Classical. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Sir Tom Finney obiturary". Glanville, Brian. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
External links
- Álvaro Cardoso at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Álvaro Cardoso at EU-Football.info