Tamagnini Nené
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista, nicknamed Nené (pron. IPA: [nɛ.'nɛ]) (born November 20, 1949 in Leça da Palmeira) was a Portuguese footballer. Nené played as a forward for SL Benfica throughout his career, from 1966, having is debut in the main team, in 1967/68, until his retirement in 1986 at the age of 36.
As a player, he became one of the living symbols of Benfica, winning national championships, in 1967/68, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1980/81, 1982/83 and 1983/84, and the Cup of Portugal. He was also the top scorer of the I Division twice, one of them tied with Fernando Gomes. In international football, he played at the UEFA Cup finals 1983, which were lost to RSC Anderlecht (0-1 away and 1-1 at home).
In the Portuguese national team he debuted at April 21, 1971 in the European Championship qualifier against Scotland (2-0). After his last match at the European championship finals on 23 June 1984 he had accumulated 66 matches for Portugal, scoring 22 goals, a caps record that would last until 1994, when was broken by João Domingos Pinto. This tournament was also the only official tournament in which he participated.
He scored the winning goal against Romania (1-0), that lead Portugal to the semi-finals versus hosts France. There he played as a substitute, but could not avert the defeat (2-3) in extra-time.
Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1971.
Later he became a youth coach with SL Benfica.
This biographical article related to Portuguese football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
