Tamagnini Nené

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Personnel
Surname	Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista
birthday	November 20, 1949
place of birth	Leça da Palmeira ,  Portugal
size	174 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1966-1968	Benfica Lisbon
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1968-1986	Benfica Lisbon	422 (263)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1971-1984	Portugal	65 0(22)
1 Only league games are given.

Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista , better known as Tamagnini Nené (born November 20, 1949 in Leça da Palmeira ), is a former Portuguese football player . Nené has played for Benfica as a striker throughout his career .

Career

In the club

He made his professional debut for Benfica in 1968 and stayed with the club throughout his career until 1986. At the age of 36, he retired from football.

As a player, he won ten Portuguese league titles and eight trophies with Benfica . He also played in the 1983 UEFA Cup , but Benfica failed against RSC Anderlecht (0-1 away and 1-1 at home).

In the national team

In the Portuguese national soccer team he made his debut on April 21, 1971 against Scotland (2-0). He also took part in the European Championship 1984 on June 23, 1984 and reached the semi-finals. In 66 games for Portugal , Nené scored 22 goals.

He later became a youth coach at Benfica Lisbon .

Achievements / titles

With the club

• Portuguese champion (10): 1969 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1981 , 1983 , 1984
• Portuguese Cup Winner (8): 1969 , 1970 , 1972 , 1980 , 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1986
• Portuguese Supercup winner (2): 1980 (unofficial) , 1985
• UEFA Cup finalist : 1983

Awards

• Primeira Divisão top scorer (2): 1981 , 1984
• Portugal's Footballer of the Year : 1971

Web links

• Tamagnini Nené in the database of weltfussball.de
• Tamagnini Nené in the database of the Portuguese Football Association (Portuguese)
• Tamagnini Nené in the database of fussballzz.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Eusebio	Portugal's Footballer of the Year 1971	Toni