Hilário (footballer, born 1939)

Hilário Rosário da Conceição, OM (born 19 March 1939), known as Hilário (Portuguese pronunciation: [iˈlaɾiu]), is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rosário and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.

Hilário
Personal information
Full name Hilário Rosário da Conceição
Date of birth (1939-03-19) 19 March 1939
Place of birth Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1953–1956 Atlético Lourenço Marques
1956–1957 Sporting Lourenço Marques
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958 Sporting Lourenço Marques
1958–1973 Sporting CP 331 (1)
International career
1959–1971 Portugal 40 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1974 Sporting CP (assistant)
1974–1975 Braga
1975–1976 Marítimo
1976–1977 Sanjoanense
1977 Braga
1979–1980 Braga
1980–1981 Leixões
1981 Águeda
1981–1982 Covilhã
1982–1983 Académico Viseu
1983–1984 Tirsense
1984–1987 Lusitânia
1987–1988 Praiense
1989 Ferroviário
1990–1991 Matchedje
1992–1993 Maxaquene
1994–1997 Sporting CP (assistant)
2003–2004 Sporting CP B (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place1966
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent his entire professional career with Sporting CP, appearing in nearly 450 competitive matches and winning seven major trophies.[1]

An international for 12 years, Hilário represented Portugal at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Hilário was first noticed at Sporting de Lourenço Marques as Eusébio, but the former signed for Sporting CP as the latter joined city rivals S.L. Benfica.[2] He put his youth career on hold for nearly two years and switched to basketball, as he often played football barefoot due to the fact he did not feel comfortable wearing cleats.[3]

Hilário was an undisputed starter for 14 of the following 15 Primeira Divisão seasons, winning three national championships and as many Taça de Portugal.[4][3] He missed the club's conquest of the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup,[5] due to a serious tibia injury contracted against Vitória de Setúbal just three days before the final against MTK Budapest FC.[6]

After ending his playing days, Hilário immediately embarked in a managerial career. This included his only spells in the Portuguese top division, with S.C. Braga in the 1976–77 and the 1979–80 seasons, and assistant stints with Sporting (both first and reserve teams).[7][3]

International career

Hilário made his debut for the Portugal national team on 11 November 1959, in a 5–3 friendly loss to France. He went on earn a further 39 caps, his last appearance coming on 17 February 1971 in a 3–0 defeat against Belgium in UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying.[3]

Hilário was called up for the 1966 FIFA World Cup by manager Otto Glória, featuring in all the matches for the third-placed side.[8]

Honours

Sporting CP

Portugal

References
  1. Cruz Martins, André (24 February 2013). "Um 'monstro sagrado' do Sporting" [A 'sacred monster' of Sporting] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. "Hilário: Eusébio fugiu para assinar pelo Sporting" [Hilário: Eusébio ran away to sign for Sporting]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 23 November 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. "Não esqueças o meu nome" [Don't forget my name] (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Jogadores. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. "Sporting homenageia Hilário: "Normalmente, esperam que a pessoa morra..."" [Sporting honour Hilário: "Usually, they wait for one to die..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  6. "Leões recordam conquista da Taça das Taças" [Lions remember Cup Winners' Cup conquest]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. "Carlos Queiroz: "As pessoas em Portugal não gostam de futebol"" [Carlos Queiroz: "People do not like football in Portugal"]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 May 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  8. Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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