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
1966 FIFA World Cup knockout stage their first World Cup title. All times listed are local time. The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage. <section begin=Bracket /><section end=Bracket /> <section begin=QF1 /><section end=QF1 /> <section begin=QF2 /><section end=QF2 /> <section begin=QF3 /><section end=QF3 /> <section begin=QF4 /><section end=QF4 /> <section begin=SF1 /><section end=SF1 /> <section begin=SF2 /><section end=SF2 /> <section begin=TPP /><section end=TPP /> 1966 FIFA World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage of the 1966 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. The knockout stage began on