Eusébio the first world-class African-born players. Eusébio helped Portugal reach third place at the 1966 World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the tournament with nine goals (including four in one match against North Korea) and received the Bronze Ball award. He won the Ballon d'Or award for European footballer of the year in 1965 and was runner-up in 1962 and 1966. He played for Benfica for 15 out of his 22 years as a footballer, thus being mainly associated with the Portuguese club, and is the team's all-time top scorer with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches. There, he won
João da Silva (Portuguese footballer) João da Silva (Portuguese footballer) João da Silva is a Portuguese footballer who played as a half-back. Silva arrived at Benfica in 1943, making his debut at the hands of Janos Biri on 28 November, against Vitória de Setúbal. With Alcobia, Albino and Francisco Ferreira as competition, he was seen as back-up, playing only 15 games between league and cup in 1943–44. Nonetheless, he played all seven games in the campaign winning run in the Portuguese Cup, which included a 8–0 trashing of Estoril in the final. With the breakthrough of Moreira in 1944–45, Silva dropped further in the pecking