| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1949-11-20)20 November 1949 (age 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leça da Palmeira, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Ferroviário Manga | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1968 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1986 | Benfica | 421 | (262) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1984 | Portugal | 66 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista (born 20 November 1949), known asNené (Portuguese pronunciation:[nɛˈnɛ]), is a retired Portuguese professionalfootballer. A prolificstriker, he played his entire career withBenfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club[1] and winning 19 titles, a record for several years.[2]
Playing 66 times forPortugal and scoring 22 goals, Nené represented the nation atEuro 1984.
Born inLeça da Palmeira, Nené made his professional debuts withS.L. Benfica in 1968 and remained a key fixture with the club until his retirement almost twenty years later, at nearly 37. In the1972–73 season, he was a star player for a side which becamePrimeira 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 thePortuguese Footballer of the Year in 1971 and also runner-up in 1972, which was achieved whilst competing with teammateEusébio.[3] He ranked second in Benfica's scoring lists inEuropean competitions with 28 goals in 75 appearances,[4] and played in the1982–83 UEFA Cup finals, in an aggregate loss toR.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 theEstádio da Luz.
Nené earned 66caps forPortugal, ranking joint-ninth (withSimão Sabrosa) in the goalscoring charts at 22. He was their record appearance maker until 1994, when it was broken byFC Porto'sJoão Domingos Pinto.[5]
Nené made his debut on 21 April 1971, in a 2–0 home win againstScotland for theUEFA Euro 1972qualifiers. Selected for theEuro 1984 tournament, he netted the game's only goal againstRomania in the last group stage encounter,[6] becoming the oldest player to score in theEuropean championship finals at 34 years and 213 days; his effort led the national team to the semi-finals versus hostsFrance, where he played as asubstitute but could not help avoid the 2–3extra time defeat.[7]
Nené's record was only broken 24 years later, whenIvica Vastić scored forAustria atEuro 2008 againstPoland.[8]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March 1972 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal |  Cyprus | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 11 June 1972 | Machadão, Natal, Brazil |  Ecuador | 0–3 | 0–3 | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 3 | 25 June 1972 | Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil |  Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | 2–1 | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 4 | 2 May 1973 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 26 May 1975 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France |  France | 0–1 | 0–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 8 June 1975 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus | 0–1 | 0–2 | Euro 1976 qualifying |
| 7 | 12 November 1975 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal |  Czechoslovakia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Euro 1976 qualifying |
| 8 | 5 December 1976 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 22 December 1976 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal |  Italy | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 22 December 1976 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal | Italy | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 11 | 9 October 1977 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 15 November 1978 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |  Austria | 0–1 | 1–2 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 13 | 26 September 1979 | Balaídos, Vigo, Spain |  Spain | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 1 November 1979 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal |  Norway | 2–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 15 | 1 November 1979 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal | Norway | 3–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 16 | 20 June 1981 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal | Spain | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 17 | 23 September 1981 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal |  Poland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 18 | 24 March 1982 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 0–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 19 | 5 May 1982 | Castelão (Maranhão), São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |  Brazil | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 20 | 22 September 1982 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland |  Finland | 0–1 | 0–2 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 21 | 10 October 1982 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal | Poland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 22 | 20 June 1984 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France |  Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1984 |
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