António José Parreira do Livramento ComIH (28 February 1943 – 7 June 1999) was a Portuguese

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player and coach. A forward, he is revered as one of the sport's greatest players, and by some as the greatest ever.

Player career

Born in

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, Livramento first started to play football, when he was invited to play

at Futebol Benfica in 1959, as he did. He represented Benfica, from 1959–60 to 1969–70, and after a year absent, from 1971–72 to 1973–74, Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor, from 1974–75 to 1975–76,

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

in 1976–77, Amatori Lodi, in Italy, in 1977–78, and another period for Sporting CP, from 1978–79 to 1980–81. He started to play at the youth category of

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in 1960, being considered the best player at the Youth

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. He soon was called for the main team, winning the

, in 1961, and the

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, the following year. During his long career, Livramento was capped 209 times, scoring 425 goals, from 1961 to 1977. The sad incident with a Spanish player at the 1977 Rink Hockey Championship final, led him to leave the national team. Livramento won 3

, in 1962, 1968 and 1974, and 7

, in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1973, 1975 and 1977.

Coach career

After ending his playing career, Livramento started a coach career. He was the coach of

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, in

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, from 1984–85 to 1985–86. He would be also the coach of Sporting CP and the Portugal national team, winning 3 World Championships, in 1982, 1991 and 1993, and 3 European Championships, in 1987, 1992 and 1994. He resigned after the unsuccessful presence at the 1995 World Championship.

Death

Livramento died in

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, Portugal, on 7 June 1999 from a stroke at the age of 56.

Honours

Orders *

PRT Order of Prince Henry - Commander BAR

Commander of the

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Player

Club

Benfica * Portuguese First Division: 1959-60, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1973-74 *

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: 1962-63 * Nations Cup: 1962 HC Monza *

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: 1970-71 Sporting CP * Portuguese First Division: 1976-1977 *

: 1976-77 *

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: 1976-77 Amatori Lodi *

: 1977-78

Country

Portugal * Nations Cup: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1973 * World Championship – A: 1962, 1968, 1974 *

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: 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1977

Coach

Club

Sporting * Portuguese First Division: 1981-82, 1987-88 *

: 1983-84 * Portuguese Super Cup: 1983 *

CERH Cup Winners' Cup The CERH Cup Winners' Cup was a European club roller hockey competition organised annually by the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey for domestic cup winners in each country. Created in 1976, it was merged with the European Cup in 1996 to form the ...

: 1980-81 *

CERS Cup The WSE Cup is an annual European club roller hockey competition organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey The World Skate Europe Rink Hockey,Portuguese First Division: 1998-99 *

: 1998-99 * Portuguese Super Cup: 1998

Country

Portugal * Nations Cup: 1984, 1987, 1994 * World Championship – A: 1982, 1993 *

: 1987, 1992, 1994 *

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: 1993

References

External links

António Livramento tribute page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Livramento, Antonio 1943 births 1999 deaths Portuguese roller hockey players Portuguese roller hockey coaches S.L. Benfica (roller hockey) Sporting CP roller hockey players Sportspeople from Évora