Ângelo Martins

Ângelo Martins
Personal information
Full name Ângelo Gaspar Martins Pereira
Date of birth (1930-04-19) 19 April 1930
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1965 Benfica 281 (4)
National team
1953–1962 Portugal 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Ângelo Gaspar Martins (born 19 April 1930), commonly known as Ângelo, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defender for Benfica in the 1950s.

Club career

Despite having been born in Porto, where Boavista F.C. and F.C. Porto are the main teams, a young Martins turned down the opportunity to play for Porto, as he was a fan of the rivals Benfica.

He started his career as a left defender, but also played as a left-midfielder. He started playing for Académico do Porto at 15 years of age, but he was scammed by a Porto staff member, that gave him a false document and made him sign a Porto file. The federation punished Ângelo but for only a short period. At 20 years old while serving in the military, a Benfica scout spotted him playing and brought him to Lisbon. He played 14 seasons for Benfica making 285 appearances and scoring 4 goals.[1]

National team

Ângelo was capped for 20 times by Portugal, making his debut on 27 September 1953 at Prater Stadium in Vienna.

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. Plantel Glorioso. Portugal: Primebooks. 2014. p. 46-47. ISBN 978-989-655-246-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese) (Portugal: Impresa Publishing). May 2015. p. 45. ISSN 0872-3540.

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