| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cândido Plácido Fernandes de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | (1896-09-24)24 September 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Fronteira, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 1958(1958-06-23) (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914–1920 | Benfica | ||
| 1920–1926 | Casa Pia | ||
| International career | |||
| 1921 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1926–1929 | Portugal | ||
| 1935–1945 | Portugal | ||
| 1937–1938 | Belenenses | ||
| 1945–1946 | Sporting | ||
| 1947–1949 | Sporting | ||
| 1950 | Flamengo | ||
| 1952 | Portugal | ||
| 1952–1953 | Porto | ||
| 1956–1958 | Académica de Coimbra | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cândido Plácido Fernandes de Oliveira (24 September 1896 – 23 June 1958) was a Portuguesefootball player, coach, and sports journalist.
The Portuguese Super Cup is named after him, being officially known asSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
Oliveira was educated atCasa Pia. He played forBenfica from 1911 to 1920, moving then toCasa Pia in 1920, of which he was one of the founders. He had his only cap for thePortugal national team, in the first game ever of theSelecção das Quinas, on 18 December 1921, a 1–3 loss toSpain inMadrid, a game which he captained.
Oliveira was also a coach ofSporting and was in charge, for several times, of the Portugal national squad, including at the1928 Olympics.[1]
He was one of the founders of the sports newspaperA Bola in 1945. He also published several books about football.[2]
His opposition to thePortuguese dictatorship landed him several stays in prison, including an imprisonment at the infamousTarrafal prison.[3]
Oliveira died on 23 June 1958 inStockholm, Sweden, oflung disease when he was covering the1958 FIFA World Cup forA Bola. He felt ill a few days before, and even received hospital care, but his spirit of mission brought him back to the stadiums and when he returned to the hospital it was too late.
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