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| Full name | Hilário Rosário da Conceição | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1956 | Atlético Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Sporting Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Sporting Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1973 | Sporting CP | 331 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1971 | Portugal | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Marítimo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Sanjoanense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Leixões | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Águeda | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Covilhã | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Académico Viseu | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Tirsense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Lusitânia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Praiense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Ferroviário | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Matchedje | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Maxaquene | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Sporting CP B (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Hilário Rosário da Conceição, OM (born 19 March 1939), known as Hilário (Portuguese pronunciation: [iˈlaɾiu]), is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back. He spent his entire professional career with Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP), appearing in nearly 450 competitive matches and winning seven major trophies.[1] An international for 12 years, Hilário represented Portugal at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He has the record for most appearances for Sporting CP.[2]
Club career
Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Hilário was first noticed at Sporting de Lourenço Marques as Eusébio, but the former signed for Sporting CP as the latter joined city rivals S.L. Benfica.[3] He put his youth career on hold for nearly two years and switched to basketball, as he often played football barefoot due to the fact he did not feel comfortable wearing cleats.[4]
Hilário was a friend of Eusébio since childhood and former colleague at the Mozambican club Sporting Lourenço Marques, so, after the arrival of Eusébio to Lisbon in December 1960, as a player of Sporting CP he tried at Lisbon to convince Eusébio, who was in the imminence of signing for Benfica, to go to the same club he was. Hilário went to Benfica's dorms, met Eusébio there and Eusébio left the building with Hilário. On behalf of Sporting CP, Hilário offered him an improved professional contract instead of a trial period at the club as it had previously offered. Sporting CP's contract offer was the double of Benfica's, included the necessary funds to allow the financial compensation of Benfica for the incurred costs to date, and, according to Hilário, he was successful in that endeavor, but at the end of the day he left Eusébio to rest overnight back in the dorms.[5][6][7][8] Benfica found this meeting suspicious. In order to avoid the advances of Sporting towards the signing of Eusébio, Benfica, which had instructed Eusébio to be codenamed Ruth Malosso,[9] moved Eusébio on 8 April 1961 to a holiday home owned by Domingos Claudino, former president of Benfica, and an hotel near the Meia Praia beach, in Lagos, Algarve region, where he would remain for twelve days until the transfer upheaval calmed down and after this Benfica was finally able to register the player for the team.[10]
After signing for Sporting CP in 1958, Hilário was an undisputed starter for 14 of the following 15 Primeira Divisão seasons, winning three national championships and as many Taça de Portugal with Sporting CP.[11][4] He missed the club's conquest of the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup,[12] due to a serious tibia injury contracted against Vitória de Setúbal just three days before the final against MTK Budapest FC in Brussels.[13] After the final replay in Antwerp, the trophy was taken by the whole team to Hilário's house where he was recovering from the injury suffered three days before the final that prevented the defender from taking part in the victory over MTK Budapest in Antwerp. He missed the most emblematic match, but sent a telegram from the hospital to his team-mates: "Fight until the end, I have you in my heart." As soon as the delegation landed at the Lisbon Airport, they overcame the crowds and rushed to Hilário's house to hand him the trophy. The photo of Hilário still with his leg in a cast and drinking champagne from the trophy became famous.[14][15]
After ending his playing days, Hilário immediately embarked in a managerial career. This included his only spells in the Portuguese top division, with S.C. Braga in the 1976–77 and the 1979–80 seasons, and assistant stints with Sporting (both first and reserve teams).[16][4]
International career
Hilário made his debut for the Portugal national team on 11 November 1959, in a 5–3 friendly loss to France. He went on earn a further 39 caps, his last appearance coming on 17 February 1971 in a 3–0 defeat against Belgium in UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying.[4] He was called up for the 1966 FIFA World Cup by manager Otto Glória, featuring in all the matches for the third-placed side.[17]
Honours
Sporting CP
- Primeira Divisão: 1961–62, 1965–66, 1969–70[11]
- Taça de Portugal: 1962–63, 1970–71, 1972–73[4]
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1963–64[12]
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966[17]
References
- ^ Cruz Martins, André (24 February 2013). "Um 'monstro sagrado' do Sporting" [A 'sacred monster' of Sporting] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Sporting :: Jogadores :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Hilário: Eusébio fugiu para assinar pelo Sporting" [Hilário: Eusébio ran away to sign for Sporting]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 23 November 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Não esqueças o meu nome" [Don't forget my name] (in Portuguese). Sindicato dos Jogadores. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Hilário e Eusébio: "Foi um desgosto não ter vindo para o Sporting"". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Hilário: Eusébio fugiu para assinar pelo Sporting". Jornal Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ ""Eusébio não foi tratado no Sporting com racismo"". www.record.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Há 50 anos o futebol português mudou". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 15 December 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "The Legend of Ruth Malosso : "This being a highly sensitive issue, the Benfica board decided that they will never use Eusébio's name in any communication before the deal finalizes, and thus given a code name – Ruth Malosso"". Goalden Times. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Uma longa viagem da Mafalala ao céu". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Sporting homenageia Hilário: "Normalmente, esperam que a pessoa morra..."" [Sporting honour Hilário: "Usually, they wait for one to die..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Leões recordam conquista da Taça das Taças" [Lions remember Cup Winners' Cup conquest]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Como a lesão de Hilário abriu caminho ao cantinho do Morais". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 17 May 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Antuérpia deu o Sporting ao mundo: «Ficámos famosos e vaidosos» :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Carlos Queiroz: "As pessoas em Portugal não gostam de futebol"" [Carlos Queiroz: "People do not like football in Portugal"]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 May 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
External links
- Hilário at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Hilário at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hilário – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Hilário at EU-Football.info
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