Seninho
Seninho
Portuguese footballer (1949–2020)
Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim (1 July 1949 – 4 July 2020), commonly known as Seninho, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a right winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-07-01)1 July 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Sá da Bandeira, Angola | ||
| Date of death | 4 July 2020(2020-07-04) (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Porto | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1978 | Porto | 121 | (24) |
| 1978–1982 | New York Cosmos | 58 | (11) |
| 1983–1984 | Chicago Sting | 47 | (14) |
| Total | 226 | (49) | |
| International career | |||
| 1976–1978 | Portugal | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Seninho was born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola. In his country, he only played with FC Porto,[1] making his Primeira Liga debut in the 1969–70 season, which he ended with 18 games and six goals to help his team to the ninth position.[2] He won the only national championship of his career with the club in 1978, contributing 29 matches and four goals to the feat.[3]
Subsequently, aged 29, Seninho moved to the United States where he remained until his retirement, playing five years with the New York Cosmos and two with the Chicago Sting and winning the North American Soccer League with both sides – three titles with the former.[1]
Seninho won four caps for Portugal in slightly less than two years. His debut came on 7 April 1976, in a 3–1 friendly loss to Italy.
Seninho died on 4 July 2020 at the age of 71, after having been admitted to the University Hospital Center of São João in Porto.[4]
Porto
- Primeira Liga: 1977–78
- Taça de Portugal: 1976–77
New York Cosmos
Chicago Sting
- "Seninho. "Quando fiz o 4–2, o estádio ficou num silêncio arrepiante"" [Seninho. "When I made it 4–2, the stadium when chillingly quiet"]. i (in Portuguese). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão" [1969/70 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- "Época 1977/78: Primeira Divisão" [1977/78 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- Nogueira, Carlos (4 July 2020). "Morreu Seninho. O ex-jogador do FC Porto que jogou com Pelé e grandes craques" [Death of Seninho. Former FC Porto player who played with Pelé and big stars]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
