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Vítor Gonçalves (footballer, born 1896)

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Vítor Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name Vítor Cândido Gonçalves
Date of birth (1886-04-12)12 April 1886
Place of birth Portugal
Date of death 1965 (aged 78–79)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1918–1927 Benfica 72 (5)
International career
1921–1922 Portugal 2 (0)
Managerial career
1934–1936 Benfica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vítor Cândido Gonçalves (12 April 1896 – 1965) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder. A Portuguese international, he both played for and managed S.L. Benfica.

Career

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A forward in his early career, Gonçalves established himself as a midfielder soon after, playing alongside Cândido de Oliveira and António Ribeiro dos Reis. A Casa Pia student like many other Benfica players at the time, he gained more recognition after Cândido de Oliveira left the club in 1920 to start a new one, Casa Pia A.C.[2]

Gonçalves first represented Portugal on 18 December 1921, in Madrid, against Spain, in a 3–1 loss, and then again in Lisbon, against the same opponent, in a 2–1 loss. In the latter match, he led the captain armband.[2]

He coached Benfica from 1934 to 1936, winning the Campeonato de Portugal in his first season and the championship in the second one.[3]

Personal life

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His son, Vasco Gonçalves, was an army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as the 104th Prime Minister of Portugal.[2]

Honours

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Playing honours

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Benfica

Managerial honours

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Benfica

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 38. ISSN 0872-3540.
  2. ^ a b c João Malheiro (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias [Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. p. 148. ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
  3. ^ Alberto Miguéns (12 June 2014). "A Maior Mentira do Futebol Português" [The biggest lie in Portuguese football]. ~Em Defesa do Benfica. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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