Mascarenhas (footballer)
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Domingos António da Silva (born 28 April 1937 in Vila Salazar
- later called N'dalatando - Portuguese Angola
), aka Mascarenhas, is a retired Angola
n footballer who played as a forward.
club, he scored 80 goals in 107 official games.
In the 1963 Portuguese Cup
final, Mascarenhas scored once in a 4–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães. In the following season, in Sporting's victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
, he netted six times in a 16–1 home success against APOEL FC (European competition
record), adding another in the final against MTK Budapest FC, the 3–3 leading to a replay in Antwerp (1–0 win for the Lions).
N'dalatando
N'dalatando is a town and municipality and capital of Cuanza Norte Province in Angola.It is served by a station on the northern railway of Angolan Railways....
- later called N'dalatando - Portuguese Angola
Angola (Portugal)
Angola is the common name by which the Portuguese colony in southwestern Africa was known across different periods of time...
), aka Mascarenhas, is a retired Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
n footballer who played as a forward.
Football career
After one season with S.L. Benfica, Mascarenhas joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1962. During his three-year spell with the LisbonLisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
club, he scored 80 goals in 107 official games.
In the 1963 Portuguese Cup
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal is the main Portuguese national football knock-out competition. The tournament has been officially known as the Taça de Portugal Millennium since 2008, due to its sponsorship by Portuguese private bank Millennium BCP. It has occurred on a yearly basis since 1938 and is...
final, Mascarenhas scored once in a 4–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães. In the following season, in Sporting's victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
, he netted six times in a 16–1 home success against APOEL FC (European competition
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
record), adding another in the final against MTK Budapest FC, the 3–3 leading to a replay in Antwerp (1–0 win for the Lions).