Joaquim Fernandes Silva

Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Joaquim Fernandes da Silva
Date of birth 1 June 1926
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death 25 February 2009(2009-02-25) (aged 82)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1943–1945 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1954 Benfica 191 (1)
1955–1957 Torreense 61 (1)
Total 252 (2)

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


Joaquim Fernandes da Silva (1 June 1926 – 25 February 2009) was a Portuguese footballer who played as defender.

He represented Benfica during 9 seasons, making over 220 appearances for them and winning 6 major titles, including the Latin Cup.

Career

Born in Lisbon, Fernandes joined Benfica youth academy at age 17.[1] He graduated in 1945, but only made his debut in 9 June 1946, in the 3–2 loss against Atlético CP for the quarter-finals of the Taça de Portugal.[2][3] The following season, he started alongside Félix Antunes,[4] and went to play 227 times for Benfica in the following eight years, winning one league title in 1949–50 and four Taças de Portugal.[5] Fernandes only goal came on 7 March 1954, in a 5–0 win over Oriental.[6][1]

Honours

Benfica[2][1]

References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 "Nº206 - Fernandes". Vedeta ou Marreta (in Portuguese). 7 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 706.
  3. Tovar 2012, p. 198.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 201.
  5. Tovar 2012, p. 201-249.
  6. Tovar 2012, p. 247.
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