José Águas
Águas with Benfica in 1962
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Pinto Carvalho Santos Águas | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Date of death | 10 December 2000 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1944–1948 | Lusitano Lobito | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1950 | Lusitano Lobito | ||
| 1950–1963 | Benfica | 281 | (290) |
| 1963–1964 | Austria Vienna | 7 | (2) |
| Total | 288 | (292) | |
| National team | |||
| 1952–1962 | Portugal | 25 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1966–1967 | Marítimo | ||
| 1967–1968 | Atlético | ||
| 1968–1969 | Leixões | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈaɡwɐʃ]; 9 November 1930 – 10 December 2000) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
He enjoyed a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in 12 of his 13 first division seasons.
Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Empire from a white colonial family, Águas started his footballing career with local team Lusitano do Lobito, before moving to S.L. Benfica in 1950 where he gained legendary status.
With Benfica he won the Primeira Liga five times (1955, 1957, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and the domestic cup seven, also being crowned national league's top scorer on five occasions. In the years previous to Eusébio's explosion he was also instrumental in the club's back-to-back European Cup conquests, in 1961 against FC Barcelona (3–2), and the next season against Real Madrid (5–3), scoring his team's first goal on both occasions and being club captain; he failed to complete a hat-trick of wins in the competition after the 1–2 defeat to A.C. Milan in the 1963 final (he did not play).
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