Mário Coluna
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Mário Esteves Coluna (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾiu kuˈlunɐ]; 6 August 1935 – 25 February 2014) was a Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.
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Full name | Mário Esteves Coluna[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Inhaca, Portuguese Mozambique | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 February 2014(2014-02-25) (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Maputo, Mozambique | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Albasini | |||||||||||||||||
Ferroviário | |||||||||||||||||
1951–1954 | Desportivo Lourenço Marques | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1954–1970 | Benfica | 364 | (89) | ||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | Lyon | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Estrela Portalegre | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 383 | (91) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1955–1968 | Portugal | 57 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He spent most of his career with Benfica, appearing in 525 official matches and scoring 127 goals over 16 professional seasons. Dubbed O Monstro Sagrado (The Sacred Monster), he won 19 major titles with his main club, including ten Primeira Liga and two European Cups.[2]
Coluna represented Portugal at the 1966 World Cup and earned a total of 57 caps.[3] He was considered one of the best midfielders of his generation, also being viewed as one of the most talented Portuguese players of all time.[4]