Manuel Bento
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| Full name | Manuel Galrinho Bento | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Golegã, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 March 2007 (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Barreiro, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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| Goleganense | |||||||||||||||||
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Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1972 | Barreirense | 94 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1992 | Benfica | 330 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Toronto First Portuguese | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 424 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1986 | Portugal | 63 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manuel Galrinho Bento (25 June 1948 – 1 March 2007) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Bento was best known for his 20-year spell at Benfica, having retired well into his 40s after appearing in nearly 650 official games.[1] He represented Portugal at Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup, helping the national team reach the semi-finals in the former tournament.
Chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese footballers, Bento won the Goalkeeper of the Year award a best-ever eight times. In January 2015, he was chosen by the UEFA website as one of Europe's favourite goalkeepers.[2]
Club career
Bento was born in
Bento started with Benfica as a backup to another Portuguese keeper, José Henrique. After three years in an interesting battle for first-choice status, the former gained the starting position in 1976 at age 28, and proceeded to amass 636 overall appearances for the Lisbon side.
Bento suffered a severe injury in the 1986 summer on
In June 1992, aged 44, Bento retired from football after exactly 20 years at Benfica – he was the oldest footballer ever to appear in the Portuguese first division. Subsequently, he began working as a goalkeeper coach, always with his main club.
Bento died in the hospital of Barreiro on 1 March 2007, after suffering a heart attack. He was 58 years old.[4]
International career
Bento earned 63 caps for Portugal, over the course of one decade.[5] He made his debut on 16 October 1976 in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign's opener, a 0–2 defeat against Poland in Porto.
Bento remained first-choice for the following nine years, being between the posts as the national team reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1984, excelling in the 2–3 loss against the hosts France.[6] He also started in the epic 1–0 win in West Germany for the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, being subsequently picked for the final stages in Mexico at age 38: he appeared in the first game against England (another single-goal success), then broke his fibula in training, being replaced for the remainder of the tournament by Sporting's Vítor Damas; Portugal lost the next two matches and were eliminated from the knockout stages.[7]
Honours
Benfica
- Primeira Divisão (8):[8] 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87[9]
- Taça de Portugal (5):[8][10] 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (2):[8][10] 1980, 1985
- Taça de Honra (6)[8][10]
Individual
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1977
References
- ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
- ^ "Saving grace: Europe's favourite goalkeepers". UEFA.com. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Six soccer stars sign up to join First Portuguese". Toronto Star. 13 April 1989. p. B8.
- ^ "Morreu Manuel Bento" [Manuel Bento has died]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 1 March 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA.com. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Bento e o bom bacalhau" [Bento and good codfish]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Bento, o eterno "homem de borracha"" [Bento, the eternal "rubber man"]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ISSN 3846-0823.
- ^ ISSN 0872-3540.
Further reading
- Ribeiro, Raúl (1986). Bento, um "santo" com garras de "águia" [Bento, a "saint" with "eagle" claws]. Mirandela e Companhia.
External links
- Manuel Bento at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Manuel Bento at National-Football-Teams.com
- Manuel Bento – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Manuel Bento at EU-Football.info
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