Mascarenhas (footballer)

Mascarenhas
Personal information
Full name Domingos António da Silva
Date of birth 28 April 1937 (1937-04-28) (age 74)
Place of birth Vila Salazar, Angola
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1959 Benfica
1959–1962 Barreirense
1962–1965 Sporting CP
1965–1966 Barreirense
1966–1967 CUF
1967–1968 Peniche
1969–1971 Riopele
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Domingos António da Silva (born 28 April 1937 in Vila Salazar - later called N'dalatando - Portuguese Angola), aka Mascarenhas, is a retired Angolan footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

After one season with S.L. Benfica, Mascarenhas joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1962. During his three-year spell with the Lisbon club, he scored 80 goals in 107 official games.

In the 1963 Portuguese Cup final, Mascarenhas scored once in a 4–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães. In the following season, in Sporting's victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, he netted six times in a 16–1 home success against APOEL FC (European competition record), adding another in the final against MTK Budapest FC, the 3–3 leading to a replay in Antwerp (1–0 win for the Lions).[1]

References

  1. ^ Biography; Sporting's official website (Portuguese)

External links