Américo Lopes

Américo Lopes (born Santa Maria de Lamas, 6 March 1933), known as Américo, was a Portuguese football (soccer) goalkeeper.

He played most of his career for FC Porto, from 1958/59 to 1968/69. He won the title of National Champion still as a substitute, in 1958/59, and the Cup of Portugal, in 1967/68.

Américo was one of three Portuguese goalkeepers selected for the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals, but he was the only that never played in the competition. However he went on to play 15 times for the National Team, from the 3–2 win over Switzerland, in 29 April 1964, in a friendly match, to the 2–4 loss to Greece, in 11 December 1968, in the World Cup qualifyings.^[1]

References

^ Américo Lopes – FIFA competition record

Portugal squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Américo 2 Carvalho 3 Pereira 4 Vicente 5 Germano 6 Peres 7 Figueiredo 8 Lourenço 9 Hilário 10 Coluna (c) 11 Simões 12 J. Augusto 13 Eusébio 14 Cruz 15 Duarte 16 Graça 17 Morais 18 Torres 19 Pinto 20 Baptista 21 J. Carlos 22 Festa Coach: Glória

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