List of S L Benfica players (25–99 appearances)

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a Portuguese professional football team based in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon. The club was formed in 1904 and played its first competitive match on 4 November 1906, when it entered the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Lisboa. They won their first regional title in 1910, and their first nationwide in 1930, the Campeonato de Portugal, a knockout competition which determined the Portuguese champion among the winners of the regional championships. In 1934, an experimental league competition known as Primeira Liga was introduced in Portuguese football. Due to its success among the clubs, it became the official top-tier championship in 1938, in place of the Campeonato de Portugal. Since its first edition, Benfica have won a record 38 titles. Internationally, they won the European Cup twice, in 1961 and 1962.

A young man on a football pitch during a match. He is wearing a bronze jersey with black details, and black shorts, socks and gloves.
Nemanja Matić made 99 appearances for Benfica in three-and-a-half seasons.

Since their first competitive match, more than 750 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches. Dimas, Tahar El Khalej, and Nemanja Matić all fell one short of 100 appearances, as they all moved elsewhere while the season was ongoing. Four former players went on to be first-team managers: Cosme Damião, Ribeiro dos Reis, Vítor Gonçalves, and Cândido Tavares. Hugo Leal, who appeared 41 times for the club, is the youngest player to have played for Benfica. He was 16 years and 335 days when he played against Sporting de Espinho on 20 April 1997. João Félix holds the club record sale at €126 million. Nemanja Matić and Darwin Núñez are the only players listed to have been selected as Primeira Liga Player of the Year. Of the players still at the club, Fredrik Aursnes is the closest to 100 appearances; he has played 95 matches.

As of 5 May 2024, a total of 279 players have played between 25 and 99 competitive matches for the club. Of those players, 10 are still playing for the club.

Key

  • The list is ordered by date of debut.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 5 May 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Player
Players with name in italics were on loan from another club for part or all of their Benfica career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column, and for the players who later signed a permanent deal, their time spent at loan is specified.
Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
U Utility player
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
League appearances and League goals
League appearances and goals comprise those in the Campeonato de Lisboa and the Primeira Liga. Starting in the 1934–35 season, appearances are only counted in the Primeira Liga.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal (including in the early denomination as Campeonato de Portugal), Taça da Liga, Supertaça, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and defunct competitions such as Campeonato de Lisboa, Latin Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Intercontinental Cup
International selection
Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.
Caps
For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club. All information relating to international selection, including number of full caps won while with the club, is sourced to Tovar (2012), pp. 679–761, unless otherwise noted.

List of players (25 to 99 appearances)

 
Founder Cosme Damião made 67 appearances for Benfica.
 
Glenn Strömberg made only 44 appearances but won two league titles.
 
Dimas made 99 appearances between 1994 and December 1996.
 
Darwin Núñez made 85 appearances for Benfica.
 
Of the 10 players currently with Benfica, Fredrik Aursnes is the closest to 100 appearances.
Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection
Player Pos Club career Apps Goals Apps Goals International selection Caps Notes Refs
League Total
Henrique Costa FB 1906–1918 63 2 63 2
Cosme Damião FW 1907–1916 67 8 67 8
António Costa FW 1907–1914 31 3 31 3
Artur José Pereira HB 1907–1914 41 6 41 6
Luís Vieira HB 1907–1913
1916–1919
53 5 53 5
Leopoldo Mocho FB 1907–1911
1913–1917
37 1 37 1
António Meireles FW 1907–1911 27 7 27 7
Carlos Figueiredo FW 1909–1917 39 4 39 4
José Domingos FW 1910–1915 25 0 25 0
Alberto Rio FW 1908–1918 36 18 36 18
Francisco Belas FW 1911–1919 26 2 26 2
Paiva Simões GK 1911–1919 28 0 28 0
Herculano dos Santos HB 1912–1923 57 30 57 30
Francisco Pereira FW 1912–1917 26 16 26 16
Artur Augusto FW 1915–1921 32 5 32 5
Cândido Oliveira HB 1914–1920 32 5 32 5
Ribeiro dos Reis FW 1915–1916
1917–1925
43 14 43 14   Portugal 1
José Maria Bastos FB 1916–1922 25 0 25 0
Fernando Jesus HB 1917–1925 58 0 58 0   Portugal 2
Alberto Augusto FW 1917–1924 39 10 39 10   Portugal 3
António Pinho FB 1918–1920
1928–1930
1932–1933
42 2 50 3   Portugal 2
Francisco Vieira GK 1918–1919
1921–1926
41 0 41 0   Portugal 3
José Pimenta FW 1918–1928 75 2 75 2
Vítor Gonçalves FW 1918–1927 72 5 72 5   Portugal 2
José Simões FW 1919–1929 78 14 83 15
Vítor Hugo HB 1921–1931 84 15 95 15
Luís Costa FB 1924–1932
1933–1934
42 0 72 0
Mário Carvalho FW 1924–1931 69 30 81 34   Portugal 2
Artur Travassos HB 1924–1931 31 1 43 2
Francisco Costa GK 1925–1927
1933–1934
15 0 59 0
Ralph Bailão FB 1926–1933 58 2 89 4
António Jacinto GK 1926–1929 31 0 36 0
Tamanqueiro HB 1926–1928 27 4 38 9   Portugal 9
Germano Campos FW 1926–1927
1931–1933
24 0 28 0
Eugénio Salvador FW 1927–1929
1930–1934
34 15 43 20
Manuel de Oliveira FW 1928–1934
1935–1936
46 6 71 17
Guedes Gonçalves FW 1928–1936 45 24 69 35
João Oliveira HB 1928–1934 55 10 73 14   Portugal 1
Anibal José HB 1928–1933 35 1 52 3   Portugal 4
Artur Dyson GK 1929–1931 21 0 39 0
Pedro Silva HB 1929–1934 21 8 50 24
Augusto Dinis HB 1929–1933 21 7 37 14
Alberto Cardoso FW 1930–1938 31 12 62 23
Francisco Gatinho FB 1930–1936 38 0 88 0
João Correia HB 1930–1933
1934–1939
39 1 71 2
Pedro da Conceição GK 1931–1936 27 0 48 0
Augusto Amaro GK 1932–1939 40 0 80 0   Portugal 2
Carlos Torres FW 1933–1937 28 23 60 34
Domingos Lopes FW 1934–1939 36 6 74 16   Portugal 2
Raul Baptista HB 1935–1941 49 0 95 3
Feliciano Barbosa HB 1935–1939 15 3 45 8
Cândido Tavares GK 1935–1937 24 0 46 0
António Vieira FB 1936–1940 35 0 74 0   Portugal 2
Ricardo Freire FB 1936–1943 13 0 31 7
Mário da Rosa GK 1937–1950 34 0 47 0
Carlos Brito FW 1938–1946 43 26 79 44
Elói FB 1939–1943 38 0 75 0
Francisco Rodrigues FW 1939–1942 44 49 88 99
Miguel Lourenço FW 1939–1942 19 9 33 16
Francisco Pires FW 1940–1945 17 7 44 31
Conceição Rodrigues HB 1940–1943 18 4 39 18
Manuel da Costa HB 1941–1945 43 28 74 49
Mário Galvão FB 1941–1945 12 2 30 4
Manuel Jordão HB 1942–1946 15 2 29 2
Eduardo Cerqueira FB 1943–1949 48 0 60 0
Mário Rui FW 1943–1948
1952–1954
30 18 57 24
Artur Teixeira FB 1943–1947 25 0 45 0
João da Silva HB 1943–1945 13 1 26 2
Alfredo Melão FW 1946–1951 61 28 73 34
Pinto Machado GK 1946–1949 24 0 39 0
Vítor Baptista FW 1946–1949 59 30 70 40
José da Costa HB 1947–1952 23 1 26 2
Rogério Contreiras GK 1947–1950 34 0 38 0
António Manuel HB 1948–1954 26 0 26 0
Rosário FW 1948–1954 76 18 96 22
Francisco Calado HB 1948–1958 81 10 97 14
Zézinho HB 1952–1960 50 9 75 11
Vieirinha HB 1952–1954 33 5 40 7
Fialho FW 1953–1956 33 9 36 9
Salvador Martins FW 1953–1956
1957–1959
49 20 55 21   Portugal 4
Leonel Pegado HB 1954–1958 41 3 58 5
Mário João FB 1957–1962 48 2 89 4   Portugal 2
António Mendes FW 1957–1962 26 19 43 27
António Saraiva DF 1959–1963 29 1 50 1
Jorge Calado MF 1961–1968
1969-1971
29 0 49 7
Augusto Silva MF 1962–1967 36 4 64 13
Pedras FW 1962–1966 16 7 32 19
Yaúca FW 1963–1968 32 23 58 42   Portugal 1
Luciano Fernandes DF 1963–1966 33 0 40 0
Serafim Pereira MF 1963–1966 24 9 44 20   Portugal 1
Alfredo Nascimento GK 1964–1970 27 0 44 0
Nélson Fernandes FW 1965–1968 28 9 40 14
Augusto Matine MF 1967–1968
1969–1971
1972–1973
31 0 53 0   Portugal 8
José Miglietti DF 1968–1972 53 0 84 1
Rui Rodrigues DF 1971–1974 47 1 59 2   Portugal 2
Nelinho FW 1972–1974
1975–1977
46 11 55 11   Portugal 1
Mário Moinhos MF 1973–1977 73 21 96 26   Portugal 7
Cavungi MF 1975–1980 29 4 41 5
Carlos Alhinho DF 1976–1977
1978–1981
74 2 90 2   Portugal 6
Joaquim Pereirinha DF 1977–1980 28 1 39 2
Jorge Silva FW 1977–1979
1984–1985
33 12 47 16
Frederico Rosa DF 1979–1983 40 0 63 0
César Martins FW 1979–1983 44 20 85 23
João Laranjeira DF 1979–1982 42 2 60 2   Portugal 3
Jorge Gomes FW 1979–1982 41 10 59 12
Alberto Bastos Lopes DF 1980–1984 23 1 35 1
Francisco Vital FW 1980–1981 15 1 28 4
Zoran Filipović FW 1981–1984 56 26 84 41
Carlos Pereira DF 1981–1986
1987–1988
26 0 34 0
Glenn Strömberg MF 1982–1984 29 3 44 6   Sweden 10
Dito DF 1986–1988 55 1 81 2   Portugal 8
Edmundo DF 1986–1988 31 2 44 2
Tueba Menayane MF 1986–1988 28 2 43 3
Chiquinho Carlos MF 1986–1988 55 15 79 22
António Fonseca DF 1987–1990 39 1 49 1   Portugal 2
Elzo Coelho MF 1987–1989 38 1 55 1
Hernâni Neves MF 1988–1991
1992–1994
33 1 49 3   Portugal 1
Adesvaldo Lima FW 1988–1991 35 4 49 14
Vata FW 1988–1991 60 29 76 37
Ademir Alcântara MF 1988–1990 30 4 34 7
Abel Campos MF 1988–1990 49 8 64 13
Aldair DF 1989–1990 22 5 33 6   Brazil 8
Fernando Mendes DF 1989–1991
1992–1993
27 1 35 2   Portugal 4
Rui Bento DF 1990–1992 24 0 38 0   Portugal 2
Erwin Sánchez MF 1990–1991
1997–1998
41 7 48 8   Bolivia 14
Vasili Kulkov MF 1991–1994 54 6 77 11   Russia 8
Sergei Yuran FW 1991–1994 63 18 95 34   Russia 10
Daniel Kenedy DF 1992–1996 37 2 85 5
Abel Xavier DF 1992–1995 47 4 65 5   Portugal 1
Aílton Delfino FW 1993–1994
1995–1996
32 11 38 14
Pedro Henriques DF 1994–1997 37 1 48 2
Dimas DF 1994–1997 68 4 99 5   Portugal 12
Paulo Bento MF 1994–1996 49 2 68 3   Portugal 2
Paulo Pereira DF 1994–1996 20 1 29 2
José Tavares MF 1994–1995 20 2 34 6   Portugal 2
Nelo MF 1994–1995 23 0 36 0   Portugal 4
Edílson FW 1994–1995 23 9 31 19
Claudio Caniggia FW 1994–1995 24 8 34 16
Bruno Caires MF 1994–1996 35 2 51 2
Edgar Pacheco MF 1995–1998 48 9 68 11
Basarab Panduru MF 1995–1998 49 7 68 12   Romania 3
Marinho DF 1995–1997 33 1 45 2
Ilian Iliev MF 1995–1997 40 4 51 4
Paulão MF 1995–1997 23 3 27 3   Angola 20
Hassan Nader FW 1995–1997 17 7 27 9
Mauro Airez FW 1995–1997 27 0 39 3
Marcelo Cipriano FW 1995–1996 27 7 39 13
Maniche MF 1995–1996
1999–2001
54 11 69 14
Tahar El Khalej DF 1996–2000 72 10 99 11   Morocco 15
Martin Pringle FW 1996–1999 41 6 54 8
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui DF 1996–1998 21 0 29 0
Jorge Soares DF 1996–1998 25 2 35 2
Tiago Pereira MF 1996–1998 24 1 30 1
Amaral MF 1996–1998 24 0 45 2   Brazil 3
Jorge Bermúdez DF 1996–1997 27 1 38 2
Serhiy Kandaurov MF 1997–2001 67 12 81 13
Luís Carlos MF 1997–2000 45 1 54 1   Portugal 1
Bruno Basto DF 1997–2000 48 1 58 1
Sergei Ovchinnikov GK 1997–1999 20 0 28 0   Russia 24
José Sousa DF 1997–1999 25 1 45 1
Scott Minto DF 1997–1999 31 0 42 0
Hugo Leal MF 1997–1999 31 3 41 3   Portugal 1
Luís Andrade MF 1998–2000
2001–2003
41 0 53 0
Michael Thomas MF 1998–1999 18 1 25 1
Mark Pembridge MF 1998–1999 19 1 28 3   Wales 6
Robert Enke GK 1999–2002 77 0 93 0
João Tomás FW 1999–2001 41 19 46 20   Portugal 2
Chano MF 1999–2001 56 2 65 3
Sérgio Nunes DF 1999–2001 20 2 28 2
Ricardo Rojas DF 1999–2001 25 2 42 0
Jorge Ribeiro DF 1999–2000
2001–2002
2008–2009
20 1 28 2
Carlitos MF 2000–2004 46 5 50 5
Ednilson MF 2000–2002 35 0 44 0
Fernando Meira DF 2000–2002 46 2 55 2   Portugal 11
Diogo Luís DF 2000–2002 23 0 28 0
Pierre van Hooijdonk FW 2000–2001 30 19 35 23
Abdel Sattar Sabry MF 2000–2001 37 8 42 9   Egypt 18
Roger Flores MF 2000–2001
2002–2004
36 6 44 7
Argel DF 2001–2005 79 6 97 6
Tomo Šokota FW 2001–2005 60 21 79 28   Croatia 8
Anders Andersson MF 2001–2004 49 1 57 1   Sweden 9
Ljubinko Drulović MF 2001–2003 50 5 54 6
João Pinto DF 2001–2003 48 4 52 4   Portugal 1
Marco Caneira DF 2001–2002 27 0 29 0   Portugal 2
Fernando Aguiar MF 2001–2002
2003–2004
38 3 45 3
Armando Sá DF 2002–2004 48 1 57 1
Tiago MF 2002–2004 75 19 89 25   Portugal 10
Miklós Fehér FW 2002–2004 30 7 37 8   Hungary 5
Cristiano Roland DF 2002–2004 24 1 31 1
João Pereira DF 2003–2006 58 4 85 7
Manuel Fernandes MF 2003–2006 67 3 97 4   Portugal 2
Takis Fyssas DF 2003–2005 30 0 41 1   Greece 21
Nuno Assis MF 2004–2008 56 4 83 6
Alcides DF 2004–2006 20 0 34 0
Manuel dos Santos DF 2004–2006 24 0 38 1
Bruno Aguiar MF 2004–2005 18 0 31 0
Azar Karadas FW 2004–2005 27 4 36 6   Norway 5
Anderson DF 2005–2007 48 4 73 5
Fabrizio Miccoli FW 2005–2007 39 14 56 19
Giorgos Karagounis MF 2005–2007 45 3 67 3   Greece 17
Beto MF 2005–2007 30 0 48 1
Marcelo Moretto GK 2005–2007
2008–2009
19 0 29 0
Edcarlos DF 2007–2008 16 0 27 0
Cristian Rodríguez MF 2007–2008 24 6 36 7   Uruguay 8
Miguel Vítor DF 2007–2011
2012
24 0 45 0
Luís Filipe DF 2007–2008
2009–2011
23 0 40 0
Gilles Binya MF 2007–2009 23 0 39 0   Cameroon 10
Fábio Coentrão DF 2007
2009–2011
52 2 97 8   Portugal 14
Sidnei DF 2008–2011
2012
45 6 75 7
José Antonio Reyes MF 2008–2009 26 4 35 6
Hassan Yebda MF 2008–2009 25 1 34 2
Jonathan Urretaviscaya MF 2008–2010
2012–2014
15 2 27 2
César Peixoto DF 2009–2011 31 0 65 1
Ramires MF 2009–2010 26 4 42 5   Brazil 9
Weldon FW 2009–2011 16 5 27 6
Alan Kardec FW 2010–2011
2012–2013
23 3 43 8
Felipe Menezes MF 2010–2011 13 0 29 2
Airton Santos MF 2010–2015 19 0 34 0
Franco Jara FW 2010–2011
2014–2015
29 6 47 11
Nolito MF 2011–2013 35 12 63 16
Bruno César MF 2011–2013 32 10 60 13   Brazil 2
Axel Witsel MF 2011–2012 32 1 52 5   Belgium 8
Emerson DF 2011–2012 24 0 39 0
Nemanja Matić MF 2011–2013 56 6 99 9   Serbia 7
André Gomes MF 2012–2014 14 2 41 4   Portugal 1
Lorenzo Melgarejo DF 2012–2013 21 2 40 2   Paraguay 2
Ola John MF 2012–2013
2014–2015
53 3 90 9   Netherlands 1
Miralem Sulejmani MF 2013–2015 15 1 34 3   Serbia 4
Lazar Marković MF 2013–2014 26 5 49 7   Serbia 7
Sílvio DF 2013–2016 13 0 40 0   Portugal 1
Victor Lindelöf DF 2013–2017 48 2 72 2   Sweden 12
Guilherme Siqueira MF 2013–2014 18 1 33 1
Jan Oblak GK 2013–2014 16 0 26 0   Slovenia 3
Talisca FW 2014–2016 52 12 78 20
Derley FW 2014–2015 14 1 27 2
Júlio César GK 2014–2017 57 0 83 0
Gonçalo Guedes MF 2014–2017;2023–2024 60 6 97 13   Portugal 2
Lisandro López DF 2014–2017 32 4 54 6
Kostas Mitroglou FW 2015–2017 60 36 88 52   Greece 14
Renato Sanches MF 2015–2016 24 2 35 2   Portugal 9
Mehdi Carcela MF 2015–2016 20 2 29 3   Morocco 1
Nélson Semedo DF 2015–2017 42 3 65 4   Portugal 6
Ederson Moraes GK 2015–2017 37 0 58 0
André Carrillo MF 2016–2017 19 1 31 3   Peru 5
Andrija Živković MF 2016–2020 55 3 88 4   Serbia 12
Filipe Augusto MF 2017–2018 16 0 27 0
Bruno Varela GK 2017–2019 29 0 35 0
Filip Krovinović MF 2017–2019 17 1 28 2
Diogo Gonçalves MF 2017–2018;2020–2023 61 1 98 3
Gedson Fernandes MF 2018–2020;2021 32 0 63 3   Portugal 2
João Félix FW 2018–2019 26 15 43 20   Portugal 1
Ferro DF 2019–2020;2021 43 3 67 4
Carlos Vinícius FW 2019–2020;2021 34 18 50 24
Jota MF 2019–2020 23 0 34 2
Tomás Tavares DF 2019–2020 12 0 26 0
Nuno Tavares DF 2019–2021 25 1 41 1
Morato DF 2019– 44 1 83 2
Everton Soares MF 2020–2022 59 10 95 15   Brazil 11
Luca Waldschmidt FW 2020–2021 29 9 43 12   Germany 6
Darwin Núñez FW 2020–2022 57 32 85 48   Uruguay 3
Jan Vertonghen DF 2020–2022 57 0 89 1   Belgium 8
Pedrinho MF 2020–2021 19 0 31 1
Helton Leite GK 2020–2023 17 0 34 0
Lucas Veríssimo DF 2021–2023 26 5 41 5   Brazil 1
Roman Yaremchuk FW 2021–2022 25 6 47 9   Ukraine 2
Valentino Lazaro DF 2021–2022 18 0 29 0
Soualiho Meïté MF 2021–2022 17 0 27 0
Paulo Bernardo MF 2021–2023 17 0 26 0
Enzo Fernández MF 2022–2023 17 1 29 4   Argentina 10
Alexander Bah DF 2022– 47 3 74 3   Denmark 4
David Neres MF 2022– 55 11 83 17
António Silva DF 2022– 59 5 93 7   Portugal 2
Petar Musa FW 2022–2024 44 12 66 17   Croatia 6
Fredrik Aursnes MF 2022– 59 4 95 7   Norway 2
João Neves MF 2022– 48 4 73 4   Portugal 3
Anatoliy Trubin GK 2023– 27 0 47 0   Ukraine 3
Orkun Kökçü MF 2023– 25 5 40 5   Turkey 1
Arthur Cabral FW 2023– 28 6 43 11
Casper Tengstedt FW 2023– 19 3 33 3

See also

Footnotes

Player statistics include games played while on loan from:

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica [Benfica Almanac]. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
  • Pereira, Luís Miguel (2014). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica's Bible] (in Portuguese). Carcavelos: PrimeBooks. ISBN 978-989-655-215-2.

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