EUSÉBIO
Second Striker
Other Positions
ST
177cm x 78kg; Right Footed; Prime 1962 – 1968
Physical Skills
Technical Skills
Tactical Skills
Mental Skills
Attacking Skills
Defensive Skills
Info Box
– Known as Pantera Negra
– Benfica’s All Time top scorer (473 goals in 440 games)
– Cuts inside
– Hits free kicks with power
– Knocks ball past opponent
– Shoots from distance
– Shoots with power
Additional Skills
Never was a nickname more fitting, the black panther!
He pounces on the ball like a frightened prey, clutching it between his claws, then he is seen sprinting furiously before launching the ignoble sphere like a lightning bolt towards the unsuspecting opposing goalkeeper!
Eusébio is Europe’s—nay, Africa’s!—answer to the South American ace Pelé, and what an answer!
With him, Benfica and Portugal reach heights never before attained; he, who is too much for the modest Portuguese league (alas!), may not possess the technique and peripheral vision of the Brazilian, but he matches him in pure power and perhaps—even the gods may not know—in goal-scoring instinct.
