Football in Mozambique the Portuguese clubs Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. Also, many Mozambican footballers play in Portugal. The most famous example might be Eusébio. He began his footballing career in 1957 at Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene, which was founded on May 20, 1920 in the capital of Mozambique as Sporting Lisbon's sixth branch club. From 1960 Eusébio then played for Benfica, where he was eleven times Portuguese champion and 1962 European Champions Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) won. He became European Footballer of the Year in 1965 and was the top scorer of the 1966 World Cup. Already since 1922 regular
Paulinho (footballer, born 1966) football team on 12 February 1992 in a friendly game against Netherlands. Paulinho (footballer, born 1966) Paulo José Ramos Mendes, known as Paulinho (born 26 May 1966) is a Portuguese football manager and a former player of Angolan descent. He is currently an assistant coach with Beijing Renhe. He played 12 seasons and 296 games in the Primeira Liga for Estrela da Amadora, Salgueiros, Estoril, Nacional and Benfica. He made his Primeira Liga debut for S.L. Benfica on 26 August 1989 in a game against Vitória de Guimarães. He also played one game for Benfica in the 1989–90 European Cup