Júlio Correia da Silva

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Correia and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Julinho
Personal information
Full name Júlio Correia da Silva
Date of birth (1919-12-01)1 December 1919
Place of birth Ramalde, Portugal
Date of death 18 March 2010(2010-03-18) (aged 90)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1940 Boavista
1940–1942 Académico 22 (16)
1942–1953 Benfica 144 (154)
National team
1948 Portugal 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Júlio Correia da Silva (1 December 1919 – 18 March 2010), known as Julinho, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 166 games and 170 goals, mainly at Benfica, where he won six major titles.[1]

Career

Born in Ramalde, Portugal, Julinho started his career at Boavista F.C., debuting for the first-team at only 15, and staying until 1940. After a short stint at Académico F.C., he caught the attention of S.L. Benfica who signed him in 1942, despite better offers from FC Porto.[1][2]

At Benfica, he went on to be part of the club's offensive line that included Mário Rui, Espírito Santo, Rogério Pipi and Arsénio, who were dubbed Os Cinco Diabos Vermelhos (The Five Red Devils).[2] Mainly a centre forward, but could also play as inside forward, he made his debut on 11 October 1942 against Atlético and in the following eight seasons scored over 150 league goals, to help the club win three league titles.[3][4]

He took part in the 12–2 trashing of Porto, on 7 February 1943, when he bagged four goals, [5] as well, the 7–2 win against Sporting CP on 28 April 1946.[6] He scored six in a 13–1 win against A.D. Sanjoanense on 27 April 1947, one of the highest wins ever in Primeira Liga history.[2][6] Already in his thirties, he scored the winning goal against FC Girondins de Bordeaux at the Latin Cup final on 18 June 1950,[7] and made his last appearance for the Eagles on 8 March 1953 against Barreirense.[2] With 205 goals scored in 200 matches, he remains as the seventh highest goalscorer in Benfica history.[8]

International career

Julinho was capped only once for Portugal, in a 2–0 loss against Spain on 21 March 1948 in Madrid.

Honours

Club

Benfica[1][9]

Individual

References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 "Julinho" (in Portuguese). Serbenfiquista.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Nº61 - Julinho - Júlio Correia da Silva" (in Portuguese). Vedeta ou Marreta. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 722.
  4. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 177-224.
  5. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 178.
  6. 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 197.
  7. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 223.
  8. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 770.
  9. ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 42. ISSN 0872-3540.
  10. ↑ Claro, Paulo (12 June 2009). "Portugal - List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
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