Luciano Fernandes

Luciano
Personal information
Full name Luciano Jorge Fernandes
Date of birth (1940-08-06) 6 August 1940
Place of birth Olhão, Portugal
Date of death December 5, 1966(1966-12-05) (aged 26)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Playing position Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1963 Olhanense 44 (0)
1963–1966 Benfica 33 (0)
Total 137 (0)
National team
1961 Portugal U21 1 (0)

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


Luciano Jorge Fernandes (6 August 1940 – 5 December 1966), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a Centre-back.

Club career

Born in Olhão, Luciano started at S.C. Olhanense at age 19. His composed defending and assuredness in possession, attracted the nickname of Germano II, in honor of Germano. He moved to S.L. Benfica in 1963 and coach Lajos Czeizler gave him the right-back position, until he injured his knee, needing an operation. After he returned, he got injured again, now in the ankle, only returning to fitness in 1966–67.[1]

On 5 December 1966, Benfica's new hydro massage bath short-circuited with seven players inside, Luciano, the only one immersed. Jaime Graça, Santana and Eusébio escaped with burns, Cavém, Malta da Silva and Carmo Pais were knocked unconscious, until Jaime Graça managed to climb out the pool and cut off the power supply. Luciano died immediately, at age 26. Benfica played the rest of the season in black, winning the league.[2][3]

Honours

Benfica
  1. ↑ "Luciano". Serbenfiquista.com.
  2. ↑ M, Craig (10 April 2013). "A Misfortune Never Comes Alone – Benfica 1967, Part One". Beyond The Last Man. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Luciano: a morte no Estádio da Luz, numa manhã de dezembro" [Luciano: a death in Estádio da Luz on a December morning]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 5 December 2013.
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