José Águas
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Águas with Benfica in 1962 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Pinto Carvalho Santos Águas | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Date of death | 10 December 2000 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1944–1948 | Lusitano Lobito | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1950 | Lusitano Lobito | ||
| 1950–1963 | Benfica | 281 | (290) |
| 1963–1964 | Austria Vienna | 7 | (2) |
| Total | 288 | (292) | |
| National team | |||
| 1952–1962 | Portugal | 25 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1966–1967 | Marítimo | ||
| 1967–1968 | Atlético | ||
| 1968–1969 | Leixões | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈaɡwɐʃ]; 9 November 1930 – 10 December 2000) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
He enjoyed a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in 12 of his 13 first division seasons.[1][2]
Club career
Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Empire from a white colonial family, Águas started his footballing career with local team Lusitano do Lobito, before moving to S.L. Benfica in 1950 where he gained legendary status.
With Benfica he won the Primeira Liga five times (1955, 1957, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and the domestic cup seven, also being crowned national league's top scorer on five occasions. In the years previous to Eusébio's explosion he was also instrumental in the club's back-to-back European Cup conquests, in 1961 against FC Barcelona (3–2), and the next season against Real Madrid (5–3), scoring his team's first goal on both occasions and being club captain; he failed to complete a hat-trick of wins in the competition after the 1–2 defeat to A.C. Milan in the 1963 final (he did not play).
After leaving Benfica, Águas, aged 33, played one more season for FK Austria Wien, retiring the next summer. He died in Lisbon, at the age of 70.
International career
Águas made his debut for Portugal on 23 November 1952, in a 1–1 draw with Austria, and went on to gain a total of 25 caps while scoring 11 times. His last appearance was on 17 May 1962, a 1–2 defeat against Belgium.
Personal life
Águas' son, Rui, was also a footballer and a striker. He too represented Benfica and the national team, as well as FC Porto.
His daughter, Helena Maria, known as Lena d'Água, had a career in pop music as a singer.[3][1][4]
Statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lusitano Lobito | 1948–49 | – | |||||||
| 1949–50 | – | ||||||||
| Total | – | ||||||||
| Benfica | 1950–51 | 19 | 23 | – | |||||
| 1951–52 | 22 | 28 | – | ||||||
| 1952–53 | 25 | 25 | – | ||||||
| 1953–54 | 18 | 23 | – | ||||||
| 1954–55 | 26 | 20 | – | ||||||
| 1955–56 | 26 | 28 | |||||||
| 1956–57 | 25 | 30 | – | ||||||
| 1957–58 | 22 | 22 | |||||||
| 1958–59 | 24 | 26 | – | ||||||
| 1959–60 | 25 | 18 | – | ||||||
| 1960–61 | 23 | 27 | 11 | ||||||
| 1961–62 | 22 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| 1962–63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 281 | 290 | 75 | 70 | 21 | 18 | 384 | 374 | |
| Austria Wien | 1963–64 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Career total | |||||||||
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 November 1953 | Estádio do Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal | .svg.png){kind=small} South Africa |
Friendly | ||
Honours
Player
- Benfica
- European Cup:[6] 1960–61, 1961–62
- Primeira Liga (5):[6] 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63
- Taça de Portugal (7):[6] 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62
Manager
- Marítimo
- AF Madeira Championship: 1966–97
- Madeira Cup: 1966–97
- Atlético
- Portuguese Second Division: 1967–68
Individual
- Primeira Liga Top Scorer: 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61
- European Cup Top Scorer: 1960–61
- Taça de Portugal Top Scorer: 1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58
References
- 1 2 "O senhor Águas" [Mister Águas] (in Portuguese). Visão. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ "Portugal – All-Time Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ↑ ""O Luís Pedro [Fonseca] é que tinha tudo na cabeça. Ele era o doutrinador" – recorde entrevista com Lena d'Água em 2010" ["Luís Pedro [Fonseca] was the one that had everything in his head. He was the indoctrinator" – remember interview with Lena d'Água in 2010] (in Portuguese). Blitz. June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ "Rui Águas e Kelvin: eles contam como se decide um Clássico" [Rui Águas and Kelvin: they will tell you how to decide a classic] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ "José Águas". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 44. ISSN 0872-3540.
External links
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- José Águas at thefinalball.com
- José Águas profile at ForaDeJogo
- José Águas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football