Manuel Bento

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Manuel Bento
Personnel
Surname Manuel Galrinho Bento
birthday June 25, 1948
place of birth Golegã ,  Portugal
date of death March 1, 2007
Place of death Barreiro ,  Portugal
size 172 cm
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1966-1967 FC Goleganense
1967-1972 FC Barreirense 94 (0)
1972-1992 Benfica Lisbon 330 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1970-1975 Portugal U21 6 (0)
1975-1986 Portugal 63 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Manuel Galrinho Bento (born June 25, 1948 in Golegã , † March 1, 2007 in Barreiro ) was a Portuguese football goalkeeper .

Career

Bento played 19 years for the football club Benfica Lisbon from 1972 and was the club's regular goalkeeper for over ten years, from 1976 to 1986. He ended his active career at the age of 44 in the 1991/92 season.

Bento began his football career with the small club FC Barreirense and was brought into the team by Benfica in the 1972/1973 season. At first he was just the substitute keeper for another legendary goalkeeper in Portuguese football, José Henrique . Between 1973 and 1976, the two goalkeepers took turns until Manuel Bento became a regular goalkeeper at the age of 28 in the 1976/77 season.

In the same year he made his debut for the Portuguese national team in the first qualifying match for the Football World Cup in 1978. Although Portugal lost this game to Poland 2-0 in Porto , Bento became one of the best Portuguese player personalities of the next decade and graduated overall 63 international matches.

Bento was the key support for his team in reaching the semi-finals of the 1984 European Championship . He was characterized by spectacular defensive actions, especially in the semi-finals against France, which Portugal only lost 3-2 in extra time. After the surprise victory in the last qualifying game for the 1986 World Cup on German soil, at the age of 38 he should also be in goal at the tournament in Mexico. After winning the first group game, Manuel Bento broke a leg in training and had to be replaced by Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Vítor Damas .

Due to his injury, Bento put a year out and returned to Benfica in 1987 as a substitute goalkeeper. He sat on the bench in the lost finals in the European Cup in 1987/88 against PSV Eindhoven and in 1990 against AC Milan . Before ending his long career in 1992, he was not too bad to give Benfica the third goalkeeper from the 1990/91 season. Until his death, Manuel Bento was the oldest player to play actively in a Portuguese championship.

Private

Bento died in a hospital in his hometown Barreiro near Lisbon. Myocardial infarction was rumored to be the cause of death .

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Fernando Chalana 		Portugal's Footballer of the Year
1977
Antonio Oliveira
personal data
SURNAME Bento, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bento, Manuel Galrinho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Golegã
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 2007
Place of death Barreiro