Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Eusebio

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Last updated on September 16, 2024.

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira GCIH GCM was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time and S.L. Benfica's greatest ever player. During his professional career, he scored 733 goals in 745 matches. Nicknamed the Black Panther, the Black Pearl, or o Rei, he was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and his ferocious right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer.

Portuguese - Footballer | January 25, 1942 - January 5, 2014

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Mourinho knows me! He sat in my lap as a little boy, and wanted his photograph taken with me. I knew his father and so I bounced little Jose on my knee. He always looked up to me.

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Even away from the pitch, I commit every day of my life to promoting the greatest sport on earth.

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If I hadn't left Mozambique, my football career would have died.

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I will always defend 1960s football.

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Football is a universal language.

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Shearer is the best English striker of his generation and yes, one of the best there has ever been.

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There was one player who was better than Pele. It was Garrincha. He had one leg crooked, the other one straight, normal. How did he do all those things with such difficulties? He was a paralytic! And the way he played! Much better than us all!

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Football hasn't got better, it has just evolved, from the ball to the boots to the shirts to the training methods - everything around them.

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I'm happy for the modern-day player who signs his contract and makes lots of money. The players of my era helped make that possible.

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When I was 15, Juventus of Italy, wanted to hire me because one of their scouts, who had been a famous Italian goalkeeper for them, saw me and told them that there was a boy with a potential, that it would be good to take advantage while I was still unknown. Juventus proposed but my mum never wanted to hear anything from anyone.

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After Benfica, Manchester is very close to my heart.

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Whenever I went to England I always see the man inside George Best. I knew that George - not the famous person with his troubles on the outside.

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I have many good 'souvenirs.' I remember when I was 19 and we beat Madrid 5-3 and I won my first European Cup. Also, in 1965, when I won the Golden Ball for the best player in Europe.

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Some people aren't honest, but me and my family are.

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Children are our future.

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I think 1GOAL is so important. I'm proud that we could make education for all the legacy of Africa's first World Cup.

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I'd visited South Africa even before I started playing for Portugal, because I used to come here with my brother when I was still a kid.

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I'm from Mozambique.

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Not many people know this but my team in England is Manchester United. Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, George Best, all great players. We created a bond when we played each other and I still speak to Bob from time to time, though I can't get used to calling him 'Sir Bobby.'

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When we played Real Madrid and won 5-3 it was soaking wet and the ball ended up weighing a kilo. It didn't have a brand. Consider the boots; there was no personalised footwear. Back then we made money, but we played for the love, it was all heart.

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Ronaldo has nothing to prove to anyone, he has proved his talent by being the top scorer in England. He has proved it by winning the Premier League, by winning the Champions League, with Manchester United.

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The 1966 World Cup was the high point of my career. We may have lost the semi-final, but Portuguese football was a big winner.

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I did everything, except win a World Cup.

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When my colleagues were back at home eating I'd still be practising and Ronaldo is the same, a real hard worker. I'm not a Barcelona fan but I very much admire Lionel Messi. I haven't seen him train. I know Ronaldo a lot better.

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All of the successes achieved throughout my career and contacts with the fans have made me aware of my responsibility to act as an example in the world of football.

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I was the best player in the world, top scorer in the world and Europe.

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My time at Monterrey was phenomenal, fantastic. It was an experience that was magnificent from the start due to the way people received me.

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I'm proud to say I've done something for the good of football. I don't compare myself to anyone.

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I am a happy man. I am no longer out on the pitch but I still live in the football world.

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I'm a footballer, not a pundit.

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Benfica against Manchester United is very special for me. Benfica is my real club but Manchester United is my English club. We are together in history.

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I never played against Lichtenstein or Azerbaijan.

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In Scotland, I have to say I'm more fond of Glasgow Rangers - not celtc - and there is a great player who played for them, who is still alive today, Willie Henderson. I met up with him recently when Benfica played celtc again.

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There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.

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Pele played in an era which had so many great players and in that atmosphere he stood out above the others. He was the complete player in every aspect as well as being a kind human being. Cristiano Ronaldo is young yet, and has many years ahead of himself. But as of now, I do not see anyone who can compare with Pele.

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