The Twelve of England twelve, with a more nationalist tone, apparently inspired by his research into Camões and Garrett, but also possibly motivated by the 1890 British Ultimatum, which had provoked a strong anti-British feeling in republican-nationalist circles in Portugal at that time. The legend took a new life when the Portugal national football team made their debut at the 1966 FIFA World Cup hosted in England. Led by eventual top-scorer Eusébio, they reached third place in the tournament. The Portuguese newspaper press gave the fabled team the nickname "Os Magriços", in reference to the "Twelve of England". Although the legend was familiar to
Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with nine wins in ten games. In the finals in Russia, the tournament ended in the round-of-16 after a 1–2 loss against Uruguay. Santos earned a degree in electrical and telecommunications engineering, awarded in 1977 by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa. As he was in charge when Porto won its fifth consecutive championship in 1999, he was nicknamed "Engenheiro do Penta" (Penta's engineer). Porto AEK Athens Portugal Individual Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 10 October 1954) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defender, and