Artur Pinga
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Artur de Sousa | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Funchal, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 12 July 1963 | (aged 53)||
Place of death | Porto, Portugal | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Marítimo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929–1930 |
Marítimo | 2 | (0) |
1930–1946 | Porto | 221 | (146) |
International career | |||
1930–1942 | Portugal | 21 | (9) |
Managerial career | |||
1948–1949 | Tirsense | ||
1949–1950 | Porto | ||
Sanjoanense | |||
Gouveia | |||
–1963 | Porto youth team | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Artur de Sousa, known by his nickname Pinga (July 30, 1909 – July 12, 1963) was a Portuguese
Playing career
Pinga played as forward or inside left and achieved nationwide fame at
He retired in 1946 after a meniscus surgery, when such operations still carried many risks. During his career he was considered the best national player ever, scoring 394 goals in 400 games. He only played for two clubs, Marítimo and FC Porto.
International career
He was capped 21 times for Portugal, scoring 9 goals over 12 years (1930–1942).[2] On 5 May 1935, Pinga scored two late goals against Spain to complete an iconic comeback, from 3-0 down up to 3-3.[3] On 16 March 1941, he scored his last international goal against Spain in a 5-1 loss.
Coaching career
In his first season as a football manager, he caused a massive upset when
He died in 1963, while serving as a youth team coach in Porto.
Legacy
He was idolized by
International goals
- Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pinga goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 31 May 1931 | Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal | Belgium | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly
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2. | 3 May 1932 | Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
3. | 29 January 1933 | Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal | Hungary | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
4. | 5 May 1935 | Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal | Spain | 2–3 | 3–3 | |
5 | 3–3 | |||||
6. | 28 November 1937 | Estadio Municipal de Balaídos, Vigo, Spain | Spain Nationalist | 1-0 | 2–1 | |
7. | 30 January 1938 | Campo das Salésias, Lisbon, Portugal | Spain Nationalist | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
8. | 24 April 1938 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany | Germany | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
9. | 16 March 1941 | Spain | 1-3 | 1–5 |
Honours
Club
- Porto
- Campeonato de Portugal (2): 1931–32, 1936–37
Individual
- 1935–36
References
- ^ Dias, Rui (8 June 2001). "Pinga foi o primeiro génio eterno da história do FC Porto" [Pinga was the first eternal genius in the history of FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ Pierrend, José Luis. "Portugal - Record International Playersdate=28 May 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Portugal vs Spain international football match report". EU-football. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "National football team player Pinga". EU-football.info. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
External links
- Artur Pinga at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Artur Pinga national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)