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Seninho
Personal information
Full name Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim
Date of birth (1949-07-01) 1 July 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Sá da Bandeira, Angola
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1978 Porto 121 (24)
1978–1982 New York Cosmos 58 (11)
1983–1984 Chicago Sting 47 (14)
Total 226 (49)
International career
1976–1978 Portugal 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim (born 1 July 1949), commonly known as Seninho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Seninho was born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola. In his country, he only played with FC Porto,[1] making his Primeira Liga debut in the 1969–70 season, which he ended with 18 games and six goals to help his team to the ninth position.[2] He won the only national championship of his career with the club in 1978, contributing to the feat with 29 matches and four goals.[3]

Subsequently, aged 29, Seninho moved to the United States where he remained until his retirement, playing five years with the New York Cosmos and two with the Chicago Sting and winning the North American Soccer League with both sides – three titles with the former.[1]

International career

Seninho won four caps for Portugal, in slightly less than two years. His debut came on 7 April 1976, in a 1–3 friendly loss with Italy.

Honours

Porto

New York Cosmos

Chicago Sting

References

  1. ^ a b "Seninho. "Quando fiz o 4–2, o estádio ficou num silêncio arrepiante"" [Seninho. "When I made it 4–2, the stadium when chillingly quiet"]. i (in Portuguese). 22 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão" [1969/70 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 29 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Época 1977/78: Primeira Divisão" [1977/78 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 22 March 2007.
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