António Livramento
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | António José Parreira do Livramento |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Born | 28 February 1943 Évora, Portugal |
| Died | 7 June 1999 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Years active | 1959–1960, 1971–1981 |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Portugal
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| Sport | Roller hockey |
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António José Parreira do Livramento, ComIH (28 February 1943 – 7 June 1999) was a Portuguese roller hockey player and coach. A forward, he is revered in the roller hockey world as the greatest player ever.
Born in Évora, Livramento first started to play football, when he was invited to play roller hockey at Futebol Benfica in 1959, as he did. He represented Benfica, from 1959–60 to 1969–70, and after a year absent, from 1971–72 to 1973–74, Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor, from 1974–75 to 1975–76, Sporting CP in 1976–77, Amatori Lodi, in Italy, in 1977–78, and another period for Sporting CP, from 1978–79 to 1980–81.
He started to play at the youth category of Portugal in 1960, being considered the best player at the Youth Rink Hockey European Championship. He soon was called for the main team, winning the Rink Hockey European Championship, in 1961, and the Rink Hockey World Championship, the following year. During his long career, Livramento was capped 209 times, scoring 425 goals, from 1961 to 1977. The sad incident with a Spanish player at the 1977 Rink Hockey Championship final, led him to leave the national team.
Livramento won 3 Rink Hockey World Championship, in 1962, 1968 and 1974, and 7 Rink Hockey European Championship, in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1973, 1975 and 1977.
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