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
Fernando Mendes (footballer, born 1966) Belenenses, then joined hometown's Vitória de Setúbal, for his first season in the second division, which ended in promotion. After helping the "Sadinos" to retain their league status, he retired from professional football with top division totals of 321 games and 12 goals; he also received 11 full caps in one decade, but did not attend any major international tournament. Fernando Mendes (footballer, born 1966) Fernando Manuel Antunes Mendes (born 5 November 1966 in Setúbal) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back. Having brought up at Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the same time