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Eusébio

Portuguese footballer (1942–2014)

  • Fame69.6
  • Momentum25.0
  • Portugal rank#17
Source-basedBreakout
  • Fame69.6
  • Momentum25.0
  • Portugal rank#17
  • Footballers rank#144
  • Wikipedia136.3K
Lived 1942–2014, aged 72Portugal
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  • Wikipedia
    89 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Portugal
    #17
    Footballers
  • Era
    1942–2014
    Aged 72
  • Known for
    The Game of Their Lives
    2002
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

He was the first player to ever win the European Golden Boot, the World Cup Golden Boot, and the UCL Golden Boot — all three. In 745 matches, he scored 733 goals, most of them with his right foot at full sprint.

Biography

About

Born in Mozambique in 1942, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira arrived at Benfica and became the club's greatest player, finishing as their all-time top scorer with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches. He carried Portugal to third place at the 1966 World Cup with nine goals in six appearances, still the nation's record, and won the Ballon d'Or in 1965 after finishing runner-up twice before. At Benfica he claimed eleven Primeira Liga titles and a European Cup, reaching three other European Cup finals and topping the competition's scoring charts three times in four years. He won the Bola de Prata as the…

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Teams

Low confidence
  • New Jersey Americans
    1978–1979
  • U.F.C.I. Tomar
    1977–1978
  • S.C. Beira-Mar
    1976–1976
  • Las Vegas Quicksilvers
    1976–1977
  • Boston Minutemen
    1975–1975
  • Club de Fútbol Monterrey
    1975–1975
  • Toronto Blizzard
    1975–1976
  • Portugal men's national football team
    1961–1973
  • S.L. Benfica
    1960–1975
  • C.D. Maxaquene
    1957–1960
19571979
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Season stats

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1978–197992
1977–1978123
1976–1976123
1976–1977172
1975–197572
1975–1975101
1975–19762116
1961–19736441
1960–1975301317
1957–19604277
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Awards

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  • UEFA President's Award
  • Ballon d'Or
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Where to find them

Platforms

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
69.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum25.0
Historical28.9
Now attention85.6
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#17
Category rank
#144
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence