Gustavo Teixeira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Antunes Teixeira | ||
| Date of birth | 26 December 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Real, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 1 January 1987 (aged 78) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1918–1925 | Casa Pia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1926–1930 | Casa Pia | 8 | (6) |
| 1932–1939 | Benfica | 71 | (0) |
| Total | 79 | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 1930–1938 | Portugal | 10 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Gustavo Antunes Teixeira (born 26 December 1908 – 1 January 1987) was a Portuguese footballer who played as defender.
Over the course of 4 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 65 games, spending most of his career at Benfica, winning four major titles.
Career
Born in Vila Real in Trás-os-Montes, Teixeira joined Casa Pia at the age of 10, and was deployed as centre forward; a position he excelled and led him to the national team, debuting on 8 June 1930, in a 1–2 defeat against Belgium in Antwerp.[1] He made a further nine caps for Portugal.
After over a decade at Casa Pia, he was invitated to the celebrations of the 28th anniversary of Benfica, on 28 February 1932, where he signed his transfer to the Eagles.[1] Ribeiro dos Reis used him instead as a half-back, on his debut on 13 November 1932 in a home win against Carcavelinhos.[2] In his first year, he helped the club conquer the Campeonato de Lisboa, that was missing for 13 years.[1]
In 1934, Vítor Gonçalves, noticed Teixeira's technical prowess and calmness with the ball and pushed him further back, as a left-sided full-back,[3] and gave him the captain armband, which he would wear for four years in 174 games, taking part in the first three Primeira Liga titles for the club.[4] He retired at 31 on 25 June 1939, in a 3–4 loss for the 1939 Taça de Portugal Final, with 157 official matches and 2 goals.[2]
Honours
- Benfica[5]
- Primeira Divisão: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38
- Campeonato de Portugal: 1934–35
- Campeonato de Lisboa: 1932–33
References
General
- Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
Specific
- 1 2 3 "Gustavo Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Serbenfiquista.com.
- 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 713.
- ↑ "100 anos: Gustavo Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Record. 21 April 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 120-156.
- ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese) (Portugal: Impresa Publishing). May 2015. p. 39. ISSN 0872-3540.
External links
- Gustavo Teixeira – FIFA competition record
- Gustavo Teixeira profile at ForaDeJogo
- Stats at Eu-Football