Jaime Graça
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaime da Silva Graça | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 28 February 2012 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palmelense | |||
| 1959–1961 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1966 | Vitória Setúbal | 103 | (33) |
| 1966–1975 | Benfica | 159 | (19) |
| 1975–1977 | Vitória Setúbal | 41 | (4) |
| 1978–1979 | Sesimbra | ||
| National team | |||
| 1965–1972 | Portugal | 36 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jaime da Silva Graça (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒajm(ɨ) ˈɡɾasɐ]; 30 January 1942 – 28 February 2012) was a Portuguese football midfielder and coach.
Born in Setúbal, Graça made his professional – and first division – debuts with local Vitória Futebol Clube, appearing in nearly 150 official games in five seasons and helping the Sadinos to the domestic cup final in his last year.
In the 1966 summer, after scoring 27 goals in his last two seasons with Vitória combined, he signed with S.L. Benfica, where he would win seven national championships and three Portuguese Cups, playing 229 matches all competitions comprised (29 goals). He netted the equalizer in the 1967–68 European Cup final, a 1–4 extra time loss against Manchester United.
After only six appearances in his last two years combined, 33-year-old Graça returned to his first club, retiring from the game in 1977 with Portuguese top flight (the only division he competed in) totals of 303 matches and 56 goals. He was in charge of C.D. Santa Clara as the Azores side was promoted to the second division in 1987, but could not prevent relegation the following year.
On 5 December 1966, Benfica's new hydro massage bath short-circuited with seven players immersed. Luciano Fernandes was electrocuted before Graça could save himself and the others, and the team played the rest of that season in black.
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