Vítor Silva

Not to be confused with Vítor Silva (footballer, born 1982) or Vítor Silva (footballer, born 1984).
For the many other Portuguese and Brazilian footballers named Vítor, see Vítor.

Vítor Silva
Vítor Silva in 1928
Personal information
Full name Vítor Marcolino da Silva
Date of birth (1909-02-20)20 February 1909
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death 21 July 1982(1982-07-21) (aged 73)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1921–1924 CIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1927 Carcavelinhos
1927–1936 Benfica 79 (62)
International career
1928–1936 Portugal 19 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vítor Marcolino da Silva (20 February 1909 – 21 July 1982) was a Portuguese footballer. Listed by Benfica, as one of the club's best forwards in history, Silva represented the club on 131 official games, scoring 108 goals.[1]

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Silva represented Club Internacional de Foot-ball in his early teens, but as club stopped competing; he moved to Hóquei CP, and later Carcavelinhos.[2] In 1927, Benfica made his first paid transfer, when they paid for Silva move. He made his debut on 8 April 1928 in a loss against Sporting.[3][2]

First deployed as an outside forward, he was quickly moved to the center, where his goalscoring abilities made him famous, using the flying header as trademark.[2] Over the next seasons, he won three Campeonato de Portugal, the club first Primeira Liga, assuming captain armband from 1931 to 1934.[4] He retired at only 27 years old, due to a thrombophlebitis, with a match in his honor on 13 September 1937 against Sporting.[2]

Silva returned to his day job of coachtrimmer, also collaborating with Benfica football section for many years.[2]

International career

Silva had 19 caps for Portugal, scoring 8 goals. His first cap came at only 18, on 8 January 1928 in a 2–2 draw with Spain in Lisbon. The highlight of his international career was his presence at the 1928 Football Olympic Tournament,[5] where he played in all the three matches, scoring three goals, one in each of them and being the top scorer for Portugal, who was eliminated at the quarter-finals by Egypt, due to a 1–2 loss.[2] He represented the national team for the last time in a 1–3 loss to Germany in Lisbon on 27 February 1936, in a friendly game.[6]

International goals

[7]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 April 1928 Campo do Ameal, Porto, Portugal  Italy 3–1 4–1 Friendly
2. 27 May 1928 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Chile 1–2 4–2 Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics
3. 29 May 1928 Old Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Yugoslavia 1–0 2–1
4. 4 June 1928 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Egypt 1–2 1–2
5. 1 December 1929 San Siro, Milan, Italy  Italy 1–1 1–6 Friendly
6. 31 May 1931 Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal  Belgium 2–2 3–2
7. 18 March 1934 Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal  Spain 1–0 1–2 1934 World Cup Qualification
8. 27 February 1936 Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal  Germany 1–3 1–3 Friendly

Honours

Benfica[8]

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. ^ "Avançados". slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f João Malheiro (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias [Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
  3. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 759.
  4. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 116–127.
  5. ^ "Vítor Silva". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Vitor Silva". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Portugal national football team results".
  8. ^ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 39. ISSN 0872-3540.