Hilário Rosário da Conceição, OM (born 19 June 1939), known as Hilário (Portuguese pronunciation: [iˈlaɾiu]), is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hilário Rosário da Conceição[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1939[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1956 | Atlético Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Sporting Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Sporting Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1973 | Sporting CP | 331 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1971 | Portugal | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Marítimo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Sanjoanense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Leixões | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Águeda | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Covilhã | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Académico Viseu | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Tirsense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Lusitânia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Praiense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Ferroviário | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Matchedje | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Maxaquene | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Sporting CP B (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He spent his entire professional career with Sporting CP, appearing in 474 competitive matches (a record that stood for several decades) and winning seven major trophies.[3][4]
An international for 12 years, Hilário represented Portugal at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
editBorn in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Hilário was first noticed at Sporting de Lourenço Marques, an official branch of Sporting CP, as Eusébio, three years his junior and a childhood friend.[5][6][7][8] He put his youth career on hold for nearly two years and switched to basketball, as he often played football barefoot due to the fact he did not feel comfortable wearing cleats.[9]
After signing for Sporting in 1958, Hilário was an undisputed starter for 14 of his 15 Primeira Divisão seasons, winning three national championships and as many Taça de Portugal.[10][9] He missed the club's conquest of the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup,[11] due to a serious tibia injury contracted against Vitória de Setúbal just three days before the final against MTK Budapest FC in Brussels.[12] Following a replay in Antwerp, the trophy was taken by the whole team to his house where he was recovering; prior to that second match, he sent a telegram from the hospital to his teammates: "Fight until the end, I have you in my heart." A photo of him with his leg still in a cast and drinking champagne from the trophy became famous.[13][14]
Hilário retired aged 34, and embarked on a managerial career shortly after. This included his only spells in the Portuguese top division, with S.C. Braga in the 1976–77 and the 1979–80 seasons, and assistant stints with Sporting (both first and reserve teams).[15][9]
Eusébio transfer saga
editFollowing the arrival of Eusébio to Lisbon in December 1960, Hilário tried to talk him into joining him at Sporting, as the former was poised to sign for S.L. Benfica. On behalf of Sporting, Hilário offered him an improved professional contract instead of the initial arrangement of a trial period. Sporting's offer was the double of Benfica's, included the necessary funds to allow financial compensation for the incurred costs, and according to Hilário he was successful in that endeavour.[16][17][18][7]
Benfica found this meeting suspicious, and in order to avoid the advances of Sporting towards Eusébio instructed him to be codenamed Ruth Malosso,[19] moved him on 8 April 1961 to a holiday home owned by former chairman Domingos Claudino and a hotel near the Meia Praia beach in Lagos, Algarve, where he would remain for twelve days until the transfer upheaval subsided, and he finally signed and was registered.[20]
International career
editOn 11 November 1959, Hilário made his debut for the Portugal national team, in a 5–3 friendly loss to France. He went on earn a further 39 caps, his last appearance coming on 17 February 1971 in a 3–0 defeat against Belgium in UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying.[2][9]
Hilário was called up for the 1966 FIFA World Cup by manager Otto Glória, featuring in all the matches for the third-placed side.[21]
Honours
editSporting CP
- Primeira Divisão: 1961–62, 1965–66, 1969–70[10]
- Taça de Portugal: 1962–63, 1970–71, 1972–73[9]
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1963–64[11]
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966[21]
References
edit- ^ "Hilário da Conceição" (in Portuguese). Câmara de Comércio Portugal Moçambique. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ a b Gouveia, Ricardo (8 May 2001). "Beber champanhe pela Taça das Taças" [Drinking champagne from the Cup Winners' Cup] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Cruz Martins, André (24 February 2013). "Um 'monstro sagrado' do Sporting" [A 'sacred monster' of Sporting] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Vaza, Marco (7 April 2024). "Geny de nome, génio nos pés" [Geny by name, genius in his feet]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "O «caso» Eusébio" [The Eusébio "affair"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Adeus Alvalade: Homenagem a Hilário reaproximou rivais" [Goodbye Alvalade: Homage to Hilário brought rivals closer again]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Hilário: Eusébio fugiu para assinar pelo Sporting" [Hilário: Eusébio ran away to sign for Sporting]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 23 November 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Geraldo, Inês (3 July 2015). "Eusébio da Silva Ferreira: história da lenda do futebol" [Eusébio da Silva Ferreira: the football legend's story] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Não esqueças o meu nome" [Don't forget my name] (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Jogadores. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Sporting homenageia Hilário: "Normalmente, esperam que a pessoa morra..."" [Sporting honour Hilário: "Usually, they wait for one to die..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Leões recordam conquista da Taça das Taças" [Lions remember Cup Winners' Cup conquest]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Como a lesão de Hilário abriu caminho ao cantinho do Morais" [How Hilário's injury paved the way for Morais' little corner]. Público (in Portuguese). 18 May 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Antuérpia deu o Sporting ao mundo: «Ficámos famosos e vaidosos»" [Antwerp gave Sporting to the world: "We got famous and full of ourselves"] (in Portuguese). OneFootball. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Carlos Queiroz: "As pessoas em Portugal não gostam de futebol"" [Carlos Queiroz: "People do not like football in Portugal"]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 May 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Freches, Sílvia (15 December 2010). "Há 50 anos o futebol português mudou" [Portuguese football changed 50 years ago]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "«Eusébio não foi tratado no Sporting com racismo»" ["Eusébio did not endure racism at Sporting"]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Gomes de Andrade, Maria (3 July 2015). "Hilário e Eusébio: «Foi um desgosto não ter vindo para o Sporting»" [Hilário and Eusébio: "It broke my heart that he did not come to Sporting"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Dey, Srinwantu (5 January 2014). "The Legend Of Ruth Malosso". Goalden Times. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Uma longa viagem da Mafalala ao céu" [A long trip from Mafalala to heaven]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ a b Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
