Rogério Apolónio de Sousa

Rogério Sousa
Personal information
Full name Rogério Apolónio de Sousa
Date of birth (1910-04-18)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)

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

† Appearances (goals)

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]

References

  1. "Rogerio de Sousa". Serbenfiquista.com.
  2. Ednilson (27 March 2008). "Memorial Benfica". Serbenfiquista.com (in Portuguese). p. 13.
  3. Rui Miguel Tovar, Almaneque do Benfica', p. 120.
  4. Rui Miguel Tovar, Almaneque do Benfica', p. 144.
  5. "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions to history]. Visão (in Portuguese) (Portugal: Impresa Publishing): 40. May 2015. ISSN 0872-3540.

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