Eusébio
Eusebio da Silva Ferreira
Portuguese footballer (1942–2014) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Born
- 25 January 1942
- Died
- 5 January 2014
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1957–1979
Clubs C.D. Maxaquene · S.L. Benfica · Boston Minutemen · Club de Fútbol Monterrey · Toronto Blizzard · S.C. Beira-Mar · Las Vegas Quicksilvers · U.F.C.I. Tomar · New Jersey Americans
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
431
Club league goals
423
International caps
64
International goals
41
League goals / match
0.98
International goals / cap
0.64
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. MaxaqueneClub | 1957–1960 | League | 42 | 77 |
| S.L. BenficaClub | 1960–1975 | League | 301 | 317 |
| Portugal men's national football teamNational team | 1961–1973 | Full caps | 64 | 41 |
| Boston MinutemenClub | 1975 | League | 7 | 2 |
| Club de Fútbol MonterreyClub | 1975 | League | 10 | 1 |
| Toronto BlizzardClub | 1975–1976 | League | 21 | 16 |
| Las Vegas QuicksilversClub | 1976–1977 | League | 17 | 2 |
| S.C. Beira-MarClub | 1976 | League | 12 | 3 |
| U.F.C.I. TomarClub | 1977–1978 | League | 12 | 3 |
| New Jersey AmericansClub | 1978–1979 | League | 9 | 2 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×3
Primeira Liga
Domestic
- 1971–72 · S.L. Benfica
- 1972–73 · S.L. Benfica
- 1974–75 · S.L. Benfica
- ×2
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1960–61 · S.L. Benfica
- 1961–62 · S.L. Benfica
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1965
Career timeline
1957
- Joins C.D. Maxaquene — Until 1960
1960
- Joins S.L. Benfica — Until 1975
1961
- Senior international debut: Portugal men's national football team — Until 1973
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1960–61 · S.L. Benfica(provisional)
1962
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1961–62 · S.L. Benfica(provisional)
1965
- Ballon d'Or — 1965
1972
- Primeira Liga winner — 1971–72 · S.L. Benfica(provisional)
1973
- Primeira Liga winner — 1972–73 · S.L. Benfica(provisional)
1975
- Primeira Liga winner — 1974–75 · S.L. Benfica(provisional)
- Joins Boston Minutemen — Until 1975
- Joins Club de Fútbol Monterrey — Until 1975
- Joins Toronto Blizzard — Until 1976
1976
- Joins Las Vegas Quicksilvers — Until 1977
- Joins S.C. Beira-Mar — Until 1976
1977
- Joins U.F.C.I. Tomar — Until 1978
1978
- Joins New Jersey Americans — Until 1979
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
58.6
Rank #21
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 13% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence55.4+16.62 points
- Best window
- 1961–1965
- Individual award points in window
- 12
- Award availability in window
- 0.381
- Team honor points in window
- 16
- Peak index
- 32
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence80.8+20.19 points
- League goals per match
- 0.981 → 100
- International goals per cap
- 0.641 → 83.5
- International caps per year
- 4.92 → 57.31
Individual accoladesFull evidence38.5+7.69 points
- Contemporary award points
- 12
- Award availability coverage
- 0.511
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 23.47
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1965)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence43.4+6.51 points
- Team honor points
- 22
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.826
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1960–61)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1961–62)
- 8
- Primeira Liga (1971–72)
- 2
- Primeira Liga (1972–73)
- 2
- Primeira Liga (1974–75)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence75.4+7.54 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 23 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 6 → 52
- International career length (years)
- 13 → 85
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Ballon d'Or winners listCC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikidata: Eusébio (Q162043)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Eusebio en 1973.jpgPublic domain · retrieved 27 October 2026