Nené (footballer born 1949)
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| Full name | Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista | ||
| Date of birth | November 20, 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Leça da Palmeira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1968 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1968–1986 | Benfica | 422 | (263) |
| National team | |||
| 1971–1984 | Portugal | 66 | (22) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista, aka Nené (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɛˈnɛ]; born 20 November 1949), is a retired Portuguese footballer.
A striker, he played his entire career with Sport Lisboa e Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club.
Gaining nearly 70 caps for Portugal and scoring more than 20 goals, Nené represented the nation at Euro 1984.
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[edit] Club career
Born in Leça da Palmeira, Nené made his professional debuts with S.L. Benfica in 1968, and remained a key fixture with the side until his retirement almost twenty years later, at nearly 37. In 1972–73, he was a star player for a side which became national champion without a single defeat (28 matches won - 23 consecutively - out of 30). The team scored 101 goals, breaking 100 for only the second time in its history.
Nené was the Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1971 and also runner-up in 1972, which was achieved whilst competing with teammate Eusébio.[1] He ranked second in Benfica's scoring lists in European competitions with 28 goals in 75 appearances,[2] and played in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup finals, in a loss to R.S.C. Anderlecht.
As a player, Nené became one of the living symbols of Benfica, winning 11 national championships. After ending his career, with overall totals of 577 matches and 361 goals, he became a youth coach with the Reds.
[edit] International career
Nené finished tenth in the all-time appearance records for Portugal with 66 caps,[3] ranking 7th in the goalscoring charts at 22, with an excellent goals-to-games ratio (similar to former Benfica men Eusébio and Nuno Gomes). His appearance record stood until 1994, broken by F.C. Porto's João Domingos Pinto.
He made his international debut on April 21, 1971, in a UEFA Euro 1972 qualifier against Scotland (2–0), and would score the winning goal against Romania (1–0) on June 20, 1984,[4] becoming the oldest player to score in the European championship finals at 34 years, 213 days. His goal led Portugal to the semi-finals versus hosts France, where he played as a substitute, but could not avert the defeat (2–3) in extra time.
Nené's record was only broken 24 years later, when Ivica Vastić scored for Austria at Euro 2008, against Poland.[5]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March 1972 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal |  Cyprus |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 11 June 1972 | Machadão, Natal, Brazil |  Ecuador |
0–3 | 0–3 | Brazilian Independence Cup |
| 3 | 25 June 1972 | Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil |  Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | 2–1 | Brazilian Independence Cup |
| 4 | 2 May 1973 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
2–1 | 2–1 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 26 May 1975 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France |  France |
0–1 | 0–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 8 June 1975 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus |
0–1 | 0–2 | Euro 1976 qualifying |
| 7 | 12 November 1975 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal |  Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | 1–1 | Euro 1976 qualifying |
| 8 | 5 December 1976 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus |
1–2 | 1–2 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 22 December 1976 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal |  Italy |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 22 December 1976 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal | Italy |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 11 | 9 October 1977 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark |
0–2 | 2–4 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 15 November 1978 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |  Austria |
0–1 | 1–2 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 13 | 26 September 1979 | Balaídos, Vigo, Spain |  Spain |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 1 November 1979 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal |  Norway |
2–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 15 | 1 November 1979 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal | Norway |
3–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 16 | 20 June 1981 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal | Spain |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 17 | 23 September 1981 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal |  Poland |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 18 | 24 March 1982 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
0–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 19 | 5 May 1982 | Castelão (Maranhão), São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |  Brazil |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 20 | 22 September 1982 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland |  Finland |
0–1 | 0–2 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 21 | 10 October 1982 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal | Poland |
1–0 | 2–1 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 22 | 20 June 1984 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France |  Romania |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1984 |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Team
- Portuguese League: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84
- Portuguese Cup: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Portuguese Supercup: 1980, 1985
- UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1982–83
[edit] Individual
- Portuguese League: Top scorer 1980–81, 1983–84[6]
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1971
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
- Nené (footballer born 1949) at National-Football-Teams.com
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