Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães (22 March 1936 – 24 April 1989), known as Santana, was a Portuguese
footballer
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who played as a
right half
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.
A
Portugal international, he played his entire career with
Benfica.
Club career
Santana was born in
Lobito
Lobito is a Municipalities of Angola, municipality in Angola. It is located in Benguela Province, on the Atlantic Coast north of the Catumbela Estuary. The Lobito municipality had a population of 393,079 in 2014.
History
The city was founded in ...
,
Benguela Province
Benguela ( umb, Luombaka Volupale) is a province of Angola, situated in the west of the country. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the provinces of Cuanza Sul, Namibe, Huila, and Huambo. The province has an area of and its capital is ...
,
Portuguese Angola
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I ...
. After starting playing football in Angola for
Sport Clube da Catumbela, he joined
Portuguese first division club
S.L. Benfica
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Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...
at the age of 18, being definitely promoted to the first team two years later.
With Benfica, Santana appeared in 162 official games and scored 79 goals, winning six national championships and three
Portuguese Cups. In the
1960–61 edition of the
European Cup he played an essential role as the club won the competition, netting four goals in nine matches, including one in
the final
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against
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
(3–2);
he lost his importance in the following seasons (which included two more European Cup finals), after the arrival of another player from
the colonies,
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...
.
International career
Santana was
capped
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five times for
Portugal
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, scoring one goal. His debut came on 8 May 1960 against
Yugoslavia
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for the
1960 European Nations' Cup
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, and he found the net in the 2–1 win in
Lisbon, but the national team lost the second leg 1–5 and did not make it to the last-four in
France
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.
Almost three years later, against
Bulgaria
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at the
Stadio Olimpico in
Rome
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, Santana played his last game, a
1964 European Nations' Cup qualifier replay (0–1 loss).
Honours
Benfica
*
Primeira Divisão
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: 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
*
Taça de Portugal
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:
1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64
*
Taça de Honra
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(2)
*
European Cup:
,
1961–62
*
Intercontinental Cup runner-up:
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
See also
*
List of one-club men
References
External links
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1936 births
1989 deaths
People from Benguela Province
Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Portuguese footballers
Association football wingers
Primeira Liga players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Portugal international footballers
UEFA Champions League winning players