Júlio Correia da Silva
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Júlio Correia da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Ramalde, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 18 March 2010 (aged 90) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1934–1940 | Boavista | ||
| 1940–1942 | Académico | 22 | (16) |
| 1942–1953 | Benfica | 144 | (154) |
| National team | |||
| 1948 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Júlio Correia da Silva (1 December 1919 – 18 March 2010), known as Julinho, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 166 games and 170 goals, mainly at Benfica, where he won ten major titles.[1]
Career
Born in Ramalde, Portugal, Julinho started in Boavista F.C., debuting for the first team at only 15, and staying till 1940. After a short stint at Académico F.C., he caught the attention of S.L. Benfica which signed him in 1942, despite better offers from FC Porto.[1][2]
At Benfica, he went on to be part of the club's offensive line that included Mário Rui, Espírito Santo, Rogério Pipi and Arsénio and was dubbed the Os Cinco Diabos Vermelhos (Five Red Devils).[2] Mainly a centre forward, but could also play as inside forward, he made his debut on 11 October 1942 against Atlético and in the following eight seasons scored over 150 league goals, to help the club win three league titles.[3][4]
He took part in the 12–2 trashing of Porto, on 7 February 1943, when he bagged four goals, [5] as well, the 7–2 win against Sporting C.P. on 28 April 1946.[6] He scored six in a 13–1 win against A.D. Sanjoanense on 27 April 1947, one of the highest wins ever in Primeira Liga history.[2][6] Already in his thirties, he scored the winning goal against FC Girondins de Bordeaux at the Latin Cup Final on 18 June 1950,[7] and made his last appearance for the Eagles on 8 March 1953 against Barreirense,[2] with 205 goals scored on 200 matches, and he still remains, the seventh highest goalscorer in club history.[8]
International career
He was capped only once for Portugal, in a two-nill loss against Spain on 21 March 1948 in Madrid.
Honours
Club
- Primeira Liga: 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50
- Taça de Portugal (6): 1942–43, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53
- Latin Cup: 1950
Individual
- Primeira Liga: Top Scorer 1942–43, 1949–50[10]
References
General
- Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
Specific
- 1 2 3 "Julinho" (in Portuguese). Serbenfiquista.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Nº61 - Julinho - Júlio Correia da Silva" (in Portuguese). Vedeta ou Marreta. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 722.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 177-224.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 178.
- 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 197.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 223.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 770.
- ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese) (Portugal: Impresa Publishing). May 2015. p. 42. ISSN 0872-3540.
- ↑ Claro, Paulo (12 June 2009). "Portugal - List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
External links
- Júlio Correia da Silva profile at ForaDeJogo
- Júlio Correia da Silva at footballzz.co.uk
- Stats at Eu-football
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