Seninho

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Seninho
Personal information
Full name Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim
Date of birth(1949-07-01)1 July 1949
Place of birth Sá da Bandeira, Angola
Date of death 4 July 2020(2020-07-04) (aged 71)
Place of death Porto, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Porto
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1978 Porto 121 (24)
1978–1982 New York Cosmos 58 (11)
1983–1984 Chicago Sting 47 (14)
Total226(49)
International career
1976–1978 Portugal 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim (1 July 1949 – 4 July 2020), commonly known as Seninho, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a right winger.

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Club career

Seninho was born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola. In his country, he only played with FC Porto, [1] making his Primeira Liga debut in the 1969–70 season, which he ended with 18 games and six goals to help his team to the ninth position. [2] He won the only national championship of his career with the club in 1978, contributing 29 matches and four goals to the feat. [3]

Subsequently, aged 29, Seninho moved to the United States where he remained until his retirement, playing five years with the New York Cosmos and two with the Chicago Sting and winning the North American Soccer League with both sides – three titles with the former. [1]

International career

Seninho won four caps for Portugal in slightly less than two years. His debut came on 7 April 1976, in a 3–1 friendly loss to Italy.

Death

Seninho died on 4 July 2020 at the age of 71, after having been admitted to the University Hospital of São João in Porto. [4]

Honours

Porto

New York Cosmos

Chicago Sting

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References

  1. 1 2 "Seninho. "Quando fiz o 4–2, o estádio ficou num silêncio arrepiante"" [Seninho. "When I made it 4–2, the stadium when chillingly quiet"]. i (in Portuguese). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão" [1969/70 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Época 1977/78: Primeira Divisão" [1977/78 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Nogueira, Carlos (4 July 2020). "Morreu Seninho. O ex-jogador do FC Porto que jogou com Pelé e grandes craques" [Death of Seninho. Former FC Porto player who played with Pelé and big stars]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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