Seninho

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Seninho
Personal information
Full name Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim
Date of birth (1949-07-01)1 July 1949
Place of birth Sá da Bandeira, Angola
Date of death 4 July 2020(2020-07-04) (aged 71)
Place of death Porto, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1978 Porto 121 (24)
1978–1982
New York Cosmos
58 (11)
1983–1984 Chicago Sting 47 (14)
Total 226 (49)
International career
1976–1978 Portugal 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim (1 July 1949 – 4 July 2020), commonly known as Seninho, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Club career

Seninho was born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola. In his country, he only played with FC Porto,[1] making his Primeira Liga debut in the 1969–70 season, which he ended with 18 games and six goals to help his team to the ninth position.[2] He won the only national championship of his career with the club in 1978, contributing 29 matches and four goals to the feat.[3]

Subsequently, aged 29, Seninho moved to the United States where he remained until his retirement, playing five years with the

North American Soccer League with both sides – three titles with the former.[1]

International career

Seninho won four caps for Portugal in slightly less than two years. His debut came on 7 April 1976, in a 3–1 friendly loss to Italy.

Death

Seninho died on 4 July 2020 at the age of 71, after having been admitted to the University Hospital Center of São João in Porto.[4]

Honours

Porto

New York Cosmos

Chicago Sting

References

  1. ^ a b "Seninho. "Quando fiz o 4–2, o estádio ficou num silêncio arrepiante"" [Seninho. "When I made it 4–2, the stadium when chillingly quiet"]. i (in Portuguese). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão" [1969/70 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Época 1977/78: Primeira Divisão" [1977/78 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ^ Nogueira, Carlos (4 July 2020). "Morreu Seninho. O ex-jogador do FC Porto que jogou com Pelé e grandes craques" [Death of Seninho. Former FC Porto player who played with Pelé and big stars]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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