The black Panther!!!.
13 facts about the Black Panther
- Real name, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
- Eusebio was born on 25 January 1942 in Maputo, Mozambique.
- His parents were Laurindo António da Silva Ferreira, a black railroad worker from Malanje, Angola and Elisa Anissabeni, a black Mozambican woman.
- His father, Laurindo António da Silva Ferreira, a white Angolan railroad worker, died from tetanus when Eusébio was still an 8-year-old kid.
- At 15, Juventus of Italy, wanted to sign him but his mother was not interested in the move'
- A couple of years later, a Benfica representative visited and told Eusebio's mum that her son could have a bright future as a footballer, she did give her blessing to that 'marriage'
- Eusébio was called "The Black Panther" because of his speed and his "killer instinct"' (at his prime, it took him just 11 seconds to run 100 meters)
- In his 15 years as a Benfica player, he won won 11 Championship titles, five Portuguese Cup trophies, of course the 1962 European Cup, and countless personal honors, with the Ballon d'Or in 1965
- A year later in England's World Cup finals in 1966, he led Portugal to the last four of the 1966 world cup and finished the competition as the top scorer with 9 goals. They fell to the hosts (England) in extra time.
- At age 33, Eusebio put an end to his Benfica career. He kept on playing but mostly in north America playing football for five more years, mostly in North America.
- He played for; Sporting Lourenço Marques (1957-1960), Benfica (1960-1975), Rhode Island Oceaneers (1975), Boston Minutemen (1975), Monterrey (1975-1976), Beira-Mar (1976-1977), Toronto Metros-Croatia (1976), Las Vegas Quicksilver (1977), New Jersey Americans (1977-1978), União de Tomar (1977-1978), Buffalo Stallions (1979-1980).
- In total, he scored 580 goals in 575 matches for club football and 41 goals in 64 matches for portugal.
- Eusébio died in Lisbon in 2014, aged 71
