Santana (footballer)

Santana

Personal information
Full name	Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães
Date of birth	(1936-03-22)22 March 1936
Place of birth	Lobito, Angola
Date of death
Height
Position(s)	Right half
Youth career
	SC Catumbela
	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1968	Benfica	106	(51)
International career
1960–1965	Portugal	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães (22 March 1936 – 24 April 1989), known simply as Santana, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right half.

Club career

Santana was born in Lobito, Benguela Province, Portuguese Angola. After starting playing football in Angola for Sport Clube da Catumbela, he joined Portuguese first division club S.L. Benfica at the age of 18, being definitely promoted to the first team two years later.

With the Eagles, Santana appeared in 162 official games and scored 79 goals, winning six national championships and three Portuguese Cups. In the 1960–61 edition of the European Cup he played an essential role as the club won the competition, netting four goals in nine matches, including one in the final against FC Barcelona (3–2); he lost his importance in the following seasons (which included two more European Cup finals), after the arrival of another player from the colonies, Eusébio.

International career

Santana was capped five times for Portugal, scoring one goal. His debut came on 8 May 1960 against Yugoslavia for the 1960 European Nations' Cup, and he found the net in the 2–1 win in Lisbon, but the national team lost the second leg 1–5 and did not make it to the last-four in France.

Almost three years later, against Bulgaria at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Santana played his last game, a 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifier replay (0–1 loss).

Honours

Benfica

• European Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62; Runner-up 1962–63
• Primeira Divisão (7): 1956–57, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
• Taça de Portugal: 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64
• Taça de Honra (2)

External links

• Santana at footballzz.co.uk
• Santana profile at ForaDeJogo
• Santana.html Santana at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football