Luciano Fernandes

Luciano

Personal information
Full name	Luciano Jorge Fernandes
Date of birth	6 August 1940
Place of birth	Olhão, Portugal
Date of death	December 5, 1966 (aged 26)
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal
Playing position	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1959–1963	Olhanense	44	(0)
1963–1966	Benfica	33	(0)
Total		137	(0)
National team
1961	Portugal U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Luciano Jorge Fernandes (6 August 1940 – 5 December 1966), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a Centre-back.

Club career

Born in Olhão, Luciano started at S.C. Olhanense at age 19. His composed defending and assuredness in possession, attracted the nickname of Germano II, in honor of Germano. He moved to S.L. Benfica in 1963 and coach Lajos Czeizler gave him the right-back position, until he injured his knee, needing an operation. After he returned, he got injured again, now in the ankle, only returning to fitness in 1966–67.^[1]

On 5 December 1966, Benfica's new hydro massage bath short-circuited with seven players inside, Luciano, the only one immersed. Jaime Graça, Santana and Eusébio escaped with burns, Cavém, Malta da Silva and Carmo Pais were knocked unconscious, until Jaime Graça managed to climb out the pool and cut off the power supply. Luciano died immediately, at age 26. Benfica played the rest of the season in black, winning the league.^[2][3]

Honours

Benfica

• Portuguese League: 1963–64, 1964–65 1966–67
• Portuguese Cup: 1963-64

External links

1. "Luciano". Serbenfiquista.com.
2. M, Craig (10 April 2013). "A Misfortune Never Comes Alone – Benfica 1967, Part One". Beyond The Last Man. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
3. "Luciano: a morte no Estádio da Luz, numa manhã de dezembro" [Luciano: a death in Estádio da Luz on a December morning]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 5 December 2013.

External links

• Luciano Fernandes at footballzz.co.uk
• Luciano Fernandes profile at ForaDeJogo