Vítor Gonçalves (footballer, born 1896)

This article is about the football player and manager. For other uses, see Vítor Gonçalves (disambiguation). For the many other Portuguese and Brazilian footballers named Vítor, see Vítor.

Vítor Gonçalves

Personal information
Full name	Vítor Cândido Gonçalves
Date of birth	(1886-04-12)12 April 1886
Place of birth	Portugal
Date of death	1965 (aged 78–79)
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1918–1927	Benfica	72	(5)
International career
1921–1922	Portugal	2	(0)
Managerial career
1934–1936	Benfica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vítor Cândido Gonçalves (12 April 1896 – 1965) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder. A Portuguese international, he both played for and managed S.L. Benfica.

Career

A forward in his early career, Gonçalves established himself as a midfielder soon after, playing alongside Cândido de Oliveira and António Ribeiro dos Reis. A Casa Pia student like many other Benfica players at the time, he gained more recognition after Cândido de Oliveira left the club in 1920 to start a new one, Casa Pia A.C.

Gonçalves first represented Portugal on 18 December 1921, in Madrid, against Spain, in a 3–1 loss, and then again in Lisbon, against the same opponent, in a 2–1 loss. In the latter match, he led the captain armband.

He coached Benfica from 1934 to 1936, winning the Campeonato de Portugal in his first season and the championship in the second one.

Personal life

His son, Vasco Gonçalves, was an army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as the 104th Prime Minister of Portugal.

Honours

Playing honours

Benfica

• Campeonato de Lisboa: 1919–20
• Taça de Honra (2)

Managerial honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1935–36
• Campeonato de Portugal: 1934–35

External links

• Vítor Gonçalves at EU-Football.info
• Vítor Gonçalves at WorldFootball.net