Germano Figueiredo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Germano Luís de Figueiredo | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Alcântara, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 14 July 2004 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Linda-a-Velha, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1947–1951 | Atlético | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1960 | Atlético | 115 | (16) |
| 1960–1966 | Benfica | 75 | (4) |
| 1966–1967 | Salgueiros | ||
| National team | |||
| 1953–1966 | Portugal | 24 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Germano Luís de Figueiredo (23 December 1932 – 14 July 2004), known simply as Germano (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒɨɾˈmɐnu]), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.
He played most of his professional career with Benfica, appearing in 131 official games and winning eight major titles, including two European Cups.
Germano represented Portugal at the 1966 World Cup. He ranked 53rd in UEFA's 50 Greatest Footballers of the Last 50 Years jubilee list.
Born in Alcântara (Lisbon), Germano started playing with local Atlético Clube de Portugal, spending seven of his nine seasons in the top division. In the 1960 summer he moved to neighbouring S.L. Benfica, where he remained for the following six years, being a leading defensive unit of the sides that won four national championships and two European Cups (against FC Barcelona and Real Madrid); in the latter competition's 1964–65 edition, he was placed in goal following his teammate's Alberto da Costa Pereira injury in the final against Inter Milan, and kept a clean sheet for more than 30 minutes, albeit in a 0–1 loss.
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