Domiciano Cavém
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavém | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 12 January 2005 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Leiria, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder / Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1947–1949 | Celeiros | ||
| 1949–1950 | Lusitano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1953 | Lusitano | ||
| 1953–1955 | Covilhã | 49 | (18) |
| 1955–1969 | Benfica | 279 | (78) |
| 1969–1970 | Nazarenos | ||
| National team | |||
| 1956–1965 | Portugal | 18 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavém (21 November 1932 – 12 January 2005) was a Portuguese footballer who played mainly for Benfica, in several positions but mainly as a right back.
He appeared in 420 official games for his main club, scoring 104 goals and winning 16 major titles, including two European Cups.
Born in Vila Real de Santo António, Algarve, Cavém was the son of football player and manager Norberto Cavém (born 1904), being coached by his father at local Lusitano VRSA. He signed with S.L. Benfica in 1955 from S.C. Covilhã where he had featured alongside brother Amílcar (1930), first displaying his versatility by playing as an inside forward, a centre forward or a left winger.
During his 14-year spell with the Lisbon side, Cavém gradually became a more defensive unit, first being a midfielder then a right or left back. In the 1958–59 season he scored a career-best 21 goals, helping them to win the national championship and the eventual double – in the year's Portuguese Cup final, against FC Porto, he netted the fastest-ever goal in the competition, after just 15 seconds for an eventual 1–0 win.
Cavém was present in four of the five European Cup finals played by Benfica in the 60s, winning the 1961 and 1962 editions and scoring in the latter against Real Madrid (5–3). He retired professionally in 1969, at the age of nearly 37.
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