Joaquim Teixeira

Joaquim Teixeira
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-03-18)18 March 1917
Place of birth Horta, Azores, Portugal
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1933–1934 Angústias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1938 Angústias
1938–1946 Benfica 87 (66)
1946–1949 Vitória de Guimarães 60 (18)
1949–1950 O Elvas 22 (9)
1950–1954 Almada
1954–1955 Ginásio Alcobaça
1955–1957 Mangualde
Total 169 (93)
National team
1945 Portugal 1 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Joaquim Teixeira (born 18 March 1917) was a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

Over the course of eleven seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals 169 matches and 93 goals, mainly at Benfica, where he won six major titles.

Career

Born in Horta, in the Azorean island of Faial. Teixeira joined Angústias AC in his youth, debuting for the first team in 1934.[1] At 21 years of age, he travelled to Lisbon for a tryout at Benfica. After impressing, he was immediately signed and joined the reserves team for short period, before manager János Biri tested him on with the main squad, in a friendly against Belenenses on 5 October 1939.[2]

His official debut came on 14 January 1940 against Académico do Porto, in a season that ended with the conquest of the Taça de Portugal and Campeonato de Lisboa.[1][2] Deployed as an inside forward, behind Julinho and Valadas, over the next six seasons, he bagged three league titles, including two consecutive, scoring 19 league goals in two seasons combined.[3] One of his best career matches came on 16 January 1944, when he scored four goals, on a 5–4 win over Sporting.[4] In 1945, he made his only international appearance, in a one–nill loss to Switzerland on 21 May 1945.[5] Teixeira left the Eagles in 1946 after 171 matches and 121 goals.[6]

He joined Vitória S.C., and helped them to three top ten finishes, reuniting with his former colleague, Valadas on the last two.[1] He played one more season on the top flight, representing O Elvas C.A.D. in 1949–50 season, before spending the remainder of his career in the lower leagues.[1]

Honours

References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 4 Alberto de Castro Abreu (31 January 2011). "Joaquim Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Glórias do Passado. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Joaquim Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Serbenfiquista.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. Tovar 2012, p. 157-200.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 184.
  5. "Switzerland - Portugal 1:0". EU-football.info.
  6. Tovar 2012, p. 755.

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