Rogério Apolónio de Sousa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rogério Apolónio de Sousa | ||
| Date of birth | April 18, 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Funchal, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 1976 (age 65-66) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Outside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1932−1940 | Benfica | 68 | (46) |
| Total | 68 | (46) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Rogério Apolónio de Sousa (18 April 1910 – 1976) was a Portuguese footballer who played as an outside forward.
Club career
Born in Funchal, Madeira, during the time of the constitutional monarchy, which would last a further six months. In his youth he started to play football with a leather ball in the extreme poverty of Madeira.[1][2]
He joined Benfica in 1932, where he would play as outside forward in a typical 2–3–2–3 formation supporting Vítor Silva, Valadas or Espírito Santo. In his first season, he helped the club stop a 12 year winless run in the Campeonato de Lisboa.[3]
In 1936–37 Primeira Liga, he was the team topscorer with 19 league goals, 32 in all competitions, as Benfica conquer their second league title.[4]
Honours
- Benfica[5]
- Primeira Divisão (6)
- Taça de Portugal (2)
- Campeonato de Portugal (1)
- Campeonato de Lisboa (1)
References
- ↑ "Rogerio de Sousa". Serbenfiquista.com.
- ↑ Ednilson (27 March 2008). "Memorial Benfica". Serbenfiquista.com (in Portuguese). p. 13.
- ↑ Rui Miguel Tovar, Almaneque do Benfica', p. 120.
- ↑ Rui Miguel Tovar, Almaneque do Benfica', p. 144.
- ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions to history]. Visão (in Portuguese) (Portugal: Impresa Publishing): 40. May 2015. ISSN 0872-3540.
- Tovar, Rui Miguel (October 2012). Almanaque do Benfica: A história do clube desde a sua fundação. Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
External links
- Rogério Apolónio de Sousa profile at ForaDeJogo