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| Full name | Vicente da Fonseca Lucas | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1935-09-24)24 September 1935 (age 89) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques,Mozambique | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1967 | Belenenses | 286 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1966 | Portugal | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979−1980 | Amiense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980−1981 | Sesimbra | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Belenenses | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Vicente da Fonseca Lucas (born 24 September 1935), known simply asVicente, is aPortuguese retiredfootballer who played as acentral defender.
Born inLourenço Marques,Portuguese Mozambique, Vicente spent 13 seasons in thePrimeira Liga withC.F. Os Belenenses, making his debut in 1954 and winning theTaça de Portugal six years later. He earned 20caps forPortugal,[1] his debut coming on 3 June 1959 in a 1–0 win againstScotland.[2]
Vicente was picked for the squad that appeared in the1966 FIFA World Cup in England. As his team went on to finish in third position, he played all the group stage matches plus the 5–3 quarter-final win againstNorth Korea;[3] he was accused of foulingPelé in the 3–1 group phase victory overBrazil, when it was in fact his teammateJoão Morais who was responsible.[4][5]
Vicente quit football after the World Cup due to a serious eye injury after a piece of glass hit the organ in acar accident, aged 31.[6] He was remembered for several perfect markings of the best players of his time without making any foul, and was cited by Pelé as the greatest defender that he ever played against.[7]
From 1979 to 1981, Vicente coached in thefourth division, spending one season apiece with Clube Desportivo Amiense andG.D. Sesimbra. In1990–91, he was one of four managers as his beloved Belenenses could not avoid top-flight relegation – he was in charge for only one game, a 2–1 defeat.[2]
Vicente's older brother,Sebastião, was also a footballer. Astriker, he played 13 years with Belenenses (sharing teams with his sibling during ten), and also represented the Portugal national team.[8][9]
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