Nené (footballer, born 1949)
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| Full name | Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leça da Palmeira, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ferroviário Manga | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1968 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1986 | Benfica | 421 | (262) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1984 | Portugal | 66 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista (born 20 November 1949), known as Nené (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɛˈnɛ]), is a retired Portuguese professional footballer. A prolific striker, he played his entire career with Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club[1] and winning 19 titles, a record for several years.[2]
Playing 66 times for Portugal and scoring 22 goals, Nené represented the nation at Euro 1984.
Club career
[edit]Born in Leça da Palmeira, Nené made his professional debuts with S.L. Benfica in 1968 and remained a key fixture with the club until his retirement almost twenty years later, at nearly 37. In the 1972–73 season, he was a star player for a side which became Primeira Liga champion without a single defeat (28 matches won – 23 consecutively – out of 30): the team scored 101 goals, breaking 100 for only the second time in its history.
Nené was the Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1971 and also runner-up in 1972, which was achieved whilst competing with teammate Eusébio.[3] He ranked second in Benfica's scoring lists in European competitions with 28 goals in 75 appearances,[4] and played in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup finals, in an aggregate loss to R.S.C. Anderlecht.
As a player, Nené won 11 national championships with his only club. After ending his career, with overall totals of 577 games and 361 goals, he became a youth coach at the Estádio da Luz.
International career
[edit]Nené earned 66 caps for Portugal, ranking joint-ninth (with Simão Sabrosa) in the goalscoring charts at 22. He was their record appearance maker until 1994, when it was broken by FC Porto's João Domingos Pinto.[5]
Nené made his debut on 21 April 1971, in a 2–0 home win against Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers. Selected for the Euro 1984 tournament, he netted the game's only goal against Romania in the last group stage encounter,[6] becoming the oldest player to score in the European championship finals at 34 years and 213 days; his effort led the national team to the semi-finals versus hosts France, where he played as a substitute but could not help avoid the 2–3 extra time defeat.[7]
Nené's record was only broken 24 years later, when Ivica Vastić scored for Austria at Euro 2008 against Poland.[8]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March 1972 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal |  Cyprus |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 11 June 1972 | Machadão, Natal, Brazil |  Ecuador |
0–3 | 0–3 | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 3 | 25 June 1972 | Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil |  Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | 2–1 | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 4 | 2 May 1973 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
2–1 | 2–1 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 26 May 1975 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France |  France |
0–1 | 0–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 8 June 1975 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus |
0–1 | 0–2 | Euro 1976 qualifying |
| 7 | 12 November 1975 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal |  Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | 1–1 | Euro 1976 qualifying |
| 8 | 5 December 1976 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus |
1–2 | 1–2 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 22 December 1976 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal |  Italy |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 22 December 1976 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal | Italy |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 11 | 9 October 1977 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark |
0–2 | 2–4 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 15 November 1978 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |  Austria |
0–1 | 1–2 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 13 | 26 September 1979 | Balaídos, Vigo, Spain |  Spain |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 1 November 1979 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal |  Norway |
2–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 15 | 1 November 1979 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal | Norway |
3–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 16 | 20 June 1981 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal | Spain |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 17 | 23 September 1981 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal |  Poland |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 18 | 24 March 1982 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
0–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 19 | 5 May 1982 | Castelão (Maranhão), São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |  Brazil |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 20 | 22 September 1982 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland |  Finland |
0–1 | 0–2 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 21 | 10 October 1982 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal | Poland |
1–0 | 2–1 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 22 | 20 June 1984 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France |  Romania |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1984 |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Benfica
- Primeira Divisão(10): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84[11]
- Taça de Portugal (7):[12] 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:[12] 1980, 1985
- Taça de Honra Lisbon FA (8)[12]
Individual
[edit]- Portuguese League: Top Scorer 1980–81, 1983–84[13]
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1971
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "100 anos: Tamagnini Nené" [100 years: Tamagnini Nené]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 November 2003. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Luisão pode bater recorde de troféus no Benfica" [Luisão may break Benfica trophy record]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Portugal – Footballer of the Year; at RSSSF
- ^ "Nene" Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista – Matches in European Cups; at RSSSF
- ^ Portugal – Record International Players; at RSSSF
- ^ Nené seals Portuguese win; at UEFA.com
- ^ "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ Austria 1–1 Poland; BBC Sport, 12 June 2008
- ^ "Nené". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Tamagnini Baptista "Nene" – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 70. ISSN 3846-0823.
- ^ a b c "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 53. ISSN 0872-3540.
- ^ Top Goal Scorers – Portugal; at Sports Records
External links
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