Vítor Gonçalves (footballer, born 1896)

This article is about the football player and manager. For other uses, see Vítor Gonçalves (disambiguation). For the many other Portuguese and Brazilian footballers named Vítor, see Vítor.

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

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

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

Playing honours

Benfica

Managerial honours

Benfica

References

  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.