Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão was a Portuguese footballer.
Alberto da Costa Pereira was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Mário Esteves Coluna was a Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.
José Augusto Pinto de Almeida, known as José Augusto, is a Portuguese retired football winger and manager.
António Simões da Costa, known as Simões, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger.
José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres, nicknamed "O Bom Gigante", was a Portuguese football centre-forward and coach. Most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success. With the Portugal national team, he participated in two World Cups separated by 20 years, one as player and the other as manager.
Germano Luís de Figueiredo, simply known as Germano, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.
Hilário Rosário da Conceição, OM, known as Hilário, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back.
Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Paulo Jorge da Silva dos Santos is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Association football, the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese students arriving back home from studying in England. This led to the establishment of local clubs dedicated to the practice of the sport.
Fernando da Conceição Cruz is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Fernando Peres da Silva, known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager.
José Costa PereiraMPIH is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed Pássaro Azul.
Joaquim da Silva Carvalho was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
João Pedro Morais was a Portuguese footballer. He started playing as a winger and later became a full-back.
Custódio João Pinto was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder.
José Alexandre da Silva Baptista was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender.
José Carlos da Silva José, known as José Carlos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a central defender.
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei", was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time as well as Benfica's best player ever. He was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer, accumulating 733 goals in 745 matches.
