Américo Lopes
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| Full name | Américo Ferreira Lopes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 September 2023 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1969 | Porto | 192 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1958 | → Boavista (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1968 | Portugal | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Américo Ferreira Lopes (6 March 1933 – 22 September 2023), known simply as Américo, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in
1959 national championship and the 1968 Taça de Portugal
.
From 1954 to 1958, Américo was loaned to neighbouring
second division
. He retired in June 1969, aged 36.
International career
Américo made his debut for the Portugal national team on 29 April 1964, in a 3–2 friendly away win over Switzerland. He was selected by manager Otto Glória for his 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, but remained an unused bench player for the third-placed side.[3]
Américo earned the last of his 15 caps on 11 December 1968, in a 4–2 loss in Greece for the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[4]
Death
Américo died on 22 September 2023, at the age of 90.[5]
Honours
Porto
References
- ^ "Américo foi homenageado" [Américo was honoured]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 June 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Rodrigues Ferreira, Filipe; Santos, Patrícia (9 February 2018). "Casillas é o décimo guarda-redes com 100 jogos pelo FC Porto. Quem são os outros?" [Casillas is the tenth goalkeeper with more than 100 matches for FC Porto. Who are the others?] (in Portuguese). Jornalismo Porto Net. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Morreu Américo, antigo guarda-redes do FC Porto e da seleção nacional" [Death of Américo, former FC Porto and national team goalkeeper]. Jornal da Madeira (in Portuguese). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
External links
- Américo Lopes at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Américo Lopes at National-Football-Teams.com
- Américo Lopes – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Américo Lopes at EU-Football.info
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