Rogério Lantres de Carvalho (7 December 1922 – 8 December 2019), known as Rogério Pipi, was a Portuguese

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who played mainly as a

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. Over the course of 14 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 245 games and 132 goals, most notably at Benfica. He gained 15 caps for the Portugal national team, scoring 2 goals.

Club career

Born in

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, Carvalho began his career at local club Chelas. In 1942, he signed with Benfica, where he played 12 seasons, excepting a period in 1947, when he played for Brazilian side

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. He was one of the victims, so to speak, of

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's professionalism; he left Benfica in 1954 because he did not want to quit his job, and finished his career in another local club,

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. With Benfica, he won three league titles, six Portuguese cups and one

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. In total, he played 310 matches and scored 210 goals for Benfica. Carvalho holds the record of best scorer in Portuguese cup finals, with 15 goals.

Honours

Club

Benfica *

: 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50 *

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: 1942–43, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53 *

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

Individual

: Top scorer 1950–51, 1951–52

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipi, Rogerio 1922 births 2019 deaths Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Portugal men's international footballers S.L. Benfica footballers Clube Oriental de Lisboa players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen