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Joaquim Teixeira

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Joaquim Teixeira
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-03-18)18 March 1917
Place of birth Horta, Azores, Portugal
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1933–1934 Angústias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1938 Angústias
1938–1946 Benfica 87 (66)
1946–1949 Vitória de Guimarães 60 (18)
1949–1950 O Elvas 22 (9)
1950–1954 Almada
1954–1955 Ginásio Alcobaça
1955–1957 Mangualde
Total 169 (93)
International career
1945 Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joaquim Teixeira (born 18 March 1917, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward. Over the course of eleven seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals 169 matches and 93 goals, mainly at Benfica, where he won six major titles.

Career

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Born in Horta, in the Azorean island of Faial. Teixeira joined Angústias AC in his youth, debuting for the first team in 1934.[1] At 21 years of age, he travelled to Lisbon for a tryout at Benfica. After impressing, he was immediately signed and joined the reserves team for short period, before manager János Biri tested him on with the main squad, in a friendly against Belenenses on 5 October 1939.

His official debut came on 14 January 1940 against Académico do Porto, in a season that ended with the conquest of the Taça de Portugal and Campeonato de Lisboa.[1] Deployed as an inside forward, behind Julinho and Valadas, over the next six seasons, he bagged three league titles, including two consecutive, scoring 19 league goals in two seasons combined.[2] One of his best career matches came on 16 January 1944, when he scored four goals, on a 5–4 win over Sporting.[3] In 1945, he made his only international appearance, in a one–nill loss to Switzerland on 21 May 1945.[4] Teixeira left Benfica in 1946 after 171 matches and 121 goals.[5]

He joined Vitória S.C., and helped them to three top ten finishes, reuniting with his former colleague, Valadas on the last two.[1] He played one more season on the top flight, representing O Elvas C.A.D. in 1949–50 season, before spending the remainder of his career in the lower leagues.[1]

Honours

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References

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General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. ^ a b c d Alberto de Castro Abreu (31 January 2011). "Joaquim Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Glórias do Passado. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 157-200.
  3. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 184.
  4. ^ "Switzerland - Portugal 1:0". EU-football.info.
  5. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 755.
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