Santana (footballer)
.jpg) Santana in 1963 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Lobito, Angola | ||
| Date of death | 24 April 1989 (aged 53) | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Catumbela | |||
| Benfica | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1967 | Benfica | 108 | (51) |
| International career | |||
| 1960–1963 | Portugal | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães (22 March 1936 – 24 April 1989), known as Santana, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right half.[1]
A Portugal international, he played his entire career with Benfica.
Club career
Santana was born in Lobito, Benguela Province, Portuguese Angola. After starting playing football in Angola for Sport Clube da Catumbela, he joined Portuguese first division club S.L. Benfica at the age of 18, being definitely promoted to the first team two years later.
With Benfica, Santana appeared in 162 official games and scored 79 goals, winning six national championships and three
International career
Santana was capped five times for Portugal, scoring one goal. His debut came on 8 May 1960 against Yugoslavia for the 1960 European Nations' Cup, and he found the net in the 2–1 win in Lisbon, but the national team lost the second leg 1–5 and did not make it to the last-four in France.
Almost three years later, against Bulgaria at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Santana played his last game, a 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifier replay (0–1 loss).
Honours
Benfica
- Primeira Divisão: 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67[4]
- Taça de Portugal:[5] 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64
- Taça de Honra (2)[5]
- European Cup:[5] 1960–61, 1961–62
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1962[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Santana (22/03/1936 – 24/04/1989)" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
- ^ "100 anos: Joaquim Santana: MÉDIOS-CENTRO" (in Portuguese). Record. 25 August 2003.
- ISSN 3846-0823.
- ^ ISSN 0872-3540.
- ^ "Extraordinary Pele crowns Santos in Lisbon". FIFA. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
