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Fernando da Silva Cabrita (1 May 1923 – 22 September 2014) was a Portuguese
Commander of the
Portugal stats at Eu-Football
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrita, Fernando 1923 births People from Lagos, Portugal 2014 deaths Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players S.C. Olhanense players S.C. Covilhã players Portimonense S.C. players Ligue 2 players Angers SCO players Portugal international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Portimonense S.C. managers S.L. Benfica managers U.F.C.I. Tomar managers S.C. Beira-Mar managers Rio Ave F.C. managers Académico de Viseu F.C. managers F.C. Penafiel managers C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers Raja CA managers Portugal national football team managers UEFA Euro 1984 managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Morocco Sportspeople from Faro District Botola managers
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forward
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and manager
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.
He amassed Primeira Liga
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totals of 295 games and 88 goals over the course of 14 seasons, in representation of Olhanense
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and Sporting da Covilhã
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. Subsequently, he went on to have a coaching career that lasted more than two decades, and included spells with Benfica and the Portugal national team.
Club career
Born inLagos
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, Algarve
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, Cabrita played 14 of his 18 years as a senior in his country's top division, starting out at S.C. Olhanense
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. In the 1943–44 season, he scored a career-best 20 goals in only 18 games to help his team to the fifth position out of ten clubs. Cabrita also represented Angers SCO
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(France, second level), S.C. Covilhã
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and Portimonense S.C.
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before retiring in 1960 at the age of 37.
International career
He gained sevencaps
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for Portugal
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in twelve years, making his debut on 11 March 1945 in a 2–2 friendly draw against Spain
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and netting his only goal in his next appearance, a 1–5 away loss to the same opponent for the 1950 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers, on 2 April 1950.
Managerial career
Cabrita started working as a coach as he was still playing with Portimonense, in 1959. His first full-time stop at the professional level came during the 1967–68 campaign, when he acted as interim atS.L. Benfica
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and led the club to the national championship, before Otto Glória
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Career
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took over. In the Portuguese top flight he was also in charge of U.F.C.I. Tomar, S.C. Beira-Mar
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, Rio Ave FC
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, Académico de Viseu FC and F.C. Penafiel.
Cabrita served as Portugal's manager during nine matches starting in 1983, after the resignation of Glória. He led a technical commission with three other members – José Augusto, António Morais and Toni
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– and coached the national side to the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1984
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, where they lost 2–3 to France
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in extra time
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Death
Cabrita died on 22 September 2014 due to respiratory failure, at the Hospital Beatriz Ângelo inLoures
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, Lisbon
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. He was 91 years old.
Honours
Raja Casablanca *Botola
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: 1988
Individual
Orders
* Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
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References
External links
* *Portugal stats at Eu-Football
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrita, Fernando 1923 births People from Lagos, Portugal 2014 deaths Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players S.C. Olhanense players S.C. Covilhã players Portimonense S.C. players Ligue 2 players Angers SCO players Portugal international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Portimonense S.C. managers S.L. Benfica managers U.F.C.I. Tomar managers S.C. Beira-Mar managers Rio Ave F.C. managers Académico de Viseu F.C. managers F.C. Penafiel managers C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers Raja CA managers Portugal national football team managers UEFA Euro 1984 managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Morocco Sportspeople from Faro District Botola managers