Nené_(footballer,_born_1949)

Nené (footballer, born 1949)

Nené (footballer, born 1949)

Portuguese footballer (born 1949)

For the 1977 Italian film, see Nenè.

Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista (born 20 November 1949), known as Nené (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɛˈnɛ]), is a retired Portuguese professional footballer. A prolific striker, he played his entire career with Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club[1] and winning 19 titles, a record for several years.[2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Batista.
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Playing 66 times for Portugal and scoring 22 goals, Nené represented the nation at Euro 1984.

Club career

Born in Leça da Palmeira, Nené made his professional debuts with S.L. Benfica in 1968 and remained a key fixture with the club until his retirement almost twenty years later, at nearly 37. In the 1972–73 season, he was a star player for a side which became Primeira Liga champion without a single defeat (28 matches won – 23 consecutively – out of 30): the team scored 101 goals, breaking 100 for only the second time in its history.

Nené was the Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1971 and also runner-up in 1972, which was achieved whilst competing with teammate Eusébio.[3] He ranked second in Benfica's scoring lists in European competitions with 28 goals in 75 appearances,[4] and played in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup finals, in an aggregate loss to R.S.C. Anderlecht.

As a player, Nené won 11 national championships with his only club. After ending his career, with overall totals of 577 games and 361 goals, he became a youth coach at the Estádio da Luz.

International career

Nené earned 66 caps for Portugal, ranking joint-ninth (with Simão Sabrosa) in the goalscoring charts at 22. He was their record appearance maker until 1994, when it was broken by FC Porto's João Domingos Pinto.[5]

Nené made his debut on 21 April 1971, in a 2–0 home win against Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers. Selected for the Euro 1984 tournament, he netted the game's only goal against Romania in the last group stage encounter,[6] becoming the oldest player to score in the European championship finals at 34 years and 213 days; his effort led the national team to the semi-finals versus hosts France, where he played as a substitute but could not help avoid the 2–3 extra time defeat.[7]

Nené's record was only broken 24 years later, when Ivica Vastić scored for Austria at Euro 2008 against Poland.[8]

International goals

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Honours

Club

Benfica

Individual

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "100 anos: Tamagnini Nené" [100 years: Tamagnini Nené]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 November 2003. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Luisão pode bater recorde de troféus no Benfica" [Luisão may break Benfica trophy record]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. [3]
    Portugal – Footballer of the Year; at RSSSF
  4. [4]
    "Nene" Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista – Matches in European Cups; at RSSSF
  5. [5]
    Portugal – Record International Players; at RSSSF
  6. [6]
    Nené seals Portuguese win; at UEFA.com
  7. [7]
    "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. [8]
    Austria 1–1 Poland; BBC Sport, 12 June 2008
  9. [9]
    "Nené". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Tamagnini Baptista "Nene" – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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    "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 70. ISSN 3846-0823.
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    "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 53. ISSN 0872-3540.
  13. [13]
    Top Goal Scorers – Portugal; at Sports Records
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