Ângelo Martins

Ângelo Martins

Personal information
Full name	Ângelo Gaspar Martins
Date of birth	(1930-04-19)19 April 1930
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal[1]
Date of death	11 October 2020(2020-10-11) (aged 90)
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back, right back[2]
Youth career
1945–1948	Académico do Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1952	Benfica (reserves)
1952–1965	Benfica	231	(3)
National team
1953–1962	Portugal	20	(0)
Teams managed
	Benfica (youth)[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ângelo Gaspar Martins (19 April 1930 – 11 October 2020), simply known as Ângelo, was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a defender for Benfica and the Portugal national team.^[3] His career lasted from 1945 to 1962. He was born in Porto, Portugal.

Martins died on 11 October 2020, at the age of 90.^[3]

Honours

Player

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65^[3]
• Taça de Portugal: 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1961–62, 1963–64^[3]
• Taça de Honra:^[4] 1962–63
• European Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62^[3]
• Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961, 1962^[1]

Manager

Benfica^[1]

• Campeonato Nacional de Juniores (7)
• Campeonato Nacional de Juvenis (6)
• Campeonato Nacional de Iniciados (2)

References

1. Melo, Rui Miguel (12 October 2020). "Partiu mais um bicampeão" [Another back-to-back champion is gone]. A Bola (in Portuguese). p. 32.
2. Silva, Flávio Miguel (12 October 2020). "Adeus ao bicampeão e detetor de talentos" [Goodbye to the back-to-back champion and talent spotter]. Record (in Portuguese). p. 13.
3. Benfica de luto pelo bicampeão europeu Ângelo Martins
4. "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 45. ISSN 0872-3540.