Cândido Plácido Fernandes de Oliveira (24 September 1896 – 23 June 1958) was a Portuguese

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player, coach, and sports journalist. The trophy

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is named after him.

Life and career

Oliveira was educated at

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. He played for Benfica from 1911 to 1920, moving then to

in 1920, of which he was one of the founders. He had his only cap for the Portuguese national team, in the first game ever of the ''Selecção das Quinas'', on 18 December 1921, a 1–3 loss to

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, a game which he captained. Oliveira was also a coach of Sporting and was in charge, for several times, of the Portuguese national squad, including at the 1928 Olympics. He was one of the founders of the sports newspaper ''

A Bola ''A Bola'' (; en, literally "The Ball", in this context "The Game of Football") is a Portuguese sports newspaper published in Lisbon. History and profile ''A Bola'' was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira and Ribeiro dos Reis, and was ...

'' in 1945. He also published several books about football. His opposition to the Portuguese dictatorship landed him several stays in prison, including an imprisonment at the infamous Tarrafal prison.

Death

Oliveira died on 23 June 1958 in

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, Sweden, of

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when he was covering the

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for ''A Bola''. He felt ill a few days before, and even received hospital care, but his spirit of mission brought him back to the stadiums and when he returned to the hospital it was too late.

References

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