Gustavo Teixeira

Gustavo Antunes Teixeira (born 26 December 1908 – 1 January 1987) was a Portuguese footballer who played as defender.

Gustavo Teixeira
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Antunes Teixeira
Date of birth 26 December 1908
Place of birth Vila Real, Portugal
Date of death 1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 78)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1918–1925 Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1930 Casa Pia 8 (6)
1932–1939 Benfica 71 (0)
Total 79 (6)
International career
1930–1938 Portugal 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Over the course of 4 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 65 games, spending most of his career at Benfica, winning four major titles.

Career

Born in Vila Real in Trás-os-Montes, Teixeira joined Casa Pia at the age of 10, and was deployed as centre forward; a position he excelled and led him to the national team, debuting on 8 June 1930, in a 1–2 defeat against Belgium in Antwerp.[1] He made a further nine caps for Portugal.

After over a decade at Casa Pia, he was invitated to the celebrations of the 28th anniversary of Benfica, on 28 February 1932, where he signed his transfer to Benfica.[1] Ribeiro dos Reis used him instead as a half-back, on his debut on 13 November 1932 in a home win against Carcavelinhos.[2] In his first year, he helped the club conquer the Campeonato de Lisboa, that was missing for 13 years.[1]

In 1934, Vítor Gonçalves, noticed Teixeira's technical prowess and calmness with the ball and pushed him further back, as a left-sided full-back,[3] and gave him the captain armband, which he would wear for four years in 174 games, taking part in the first three Primeira Liga titles for the club.[4] He retired at 31 on 25 June 1939, in a 3–4 loss for the 1939 Taça de Portugal Final, with 157 official matches and 2 goals.[2]

Honours

Benfica[5]

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. João Malheiro (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias [Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. p. 68. ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
  2. Tovar 2012, p. 713.
  3. "100 anos: Gustavo Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Record. 21 April 2004. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 120-156.
  5. "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 39. ISSN 0872-3540.
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