Eurico Caires
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eurico Mendonça de Caires | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Funchal, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 13 November 1989 | (aged 37)||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1969–1971 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1972 | Benfica | 1 | (0) |
1972–1973 | Beira-Mar | 26 | (2) |
1973–1974 | Montijo | 25 | (4) |
1974–1976 | Estoril | 28 | (1) |
1976 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 1 | (0) |
1976 | Rochester Lancers | 4 | (0) |
1976–1977 | Estoril | 28 | (5) |
1977–1982 | Belenenses | 63 | (4) |
1982–1983 | Almada | ||
1983–1984 | União Madeira | ||
1984–1985 | Estrela Amadora | ||
Total | 176 | (16) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Eurico Mendonça de Caires (5 August 1952 – 13 November 1989), known simply as Eurico, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.
He represented clubs in Portugal, Canada and the United States.
Club career[]
Born in Funchal, Madeira, Eurico played youth football with S.L. Benfica, being promoted to the first team for the 1971–72 season and making one Primeira Liga appearance, as a substitute. He went on to represent, always in the top flight, S.C. Beira-Mar, C.D. Montijo and G.D. Estoril Praia.
At the end of the 1975–76 campaign, Eurico moved abroad to play in the North American Soccer League, having brief spells with Toronto Metros-Croatia and the Rochester Lancers before returning to Portugal with Estoril and C.F. Os Belenenses.
Eurico retired in June 1985 at nearly 33 after three years in the lower leagues, amassing Portuguese top division totals of 171 games and 16 goals. He died seven years later.
External links[]
- Eurico at ForaDeJogo
- NASL profile
- 1952 births
- 1989 deaths
- Sportspeople from Funchal
- Portuguese footballers
- Madeiran footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- C.D. Montijo players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- C.F. União players
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players
- Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States