António Fernandes Roquete (8 August 1906 in

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– 18 December 1995 in

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) was a Portuguese

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goalkeeper.

Career

Roquete is considered the first great goalkeeper from the Portuguese football, renowned for his elegance and elasticity, having played most of his career at Casa Pia A. C. He later would play for Sport Lisboa e Elvas, Valenciano and União do Funchal. Roquete had 16 caps for

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, from his first match, a 2–4 loss to

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, in

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, at 18 April 1926, in a friendly match, aged only 19 years old, to his last, a 0–3 loss to

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, in

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, at 2 April 1933, in another friendly match. He played all the three games at the 1928 Football Olympic Tournament, where Portugal, after a 4–2 win over

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and a 2–1 win over

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, lost surprisingly to

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by 1–2, at the quarter-finals. It was rumoured that he left the National Team aged only 26 because he joined the Portuguese Political Police, the

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. It was even rumoured that he participated directly in the detention of his former coach and friend

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. That was proved untrue and short after his detention, Roquete asked transference to

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, where he would dedicate himself to the cashew business.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roquete, Antonio 1906 births 1995 deaths Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Portugal Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Santarém District