Vítor Cândido Gonçalves

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

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 (born 12 April 1896 – 1965) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder. A forward in his early career, he established as a midfielder soon after and played alongside Cândido de Oliveira and António Ribeiro dos Reis. A Casa Pia student like many other players in Benfica at that time, he gained more recognition after Cândido de Oliveira left to start Casa Pia A.C..

He 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 another 2–1 loss, this game he led the captain armband.

He coached Benfica from 1934 to 1936, winning the Campeonato de Portugal in his first year and the championship in the next.

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 from 18 July 1974 to 19 September 1975.

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

• Stats at Eu-Football
• Data at WorldFootball
• Vítor Cândido Gonçalves manager stats at footballzz.co.uk