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Yaúca

António Fernandes, known as Yaúca, was a former Portuguese footballer who played as forward.

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Personal information
Full name António Fernandes
Date of birth (1935-06-18)June 18, 1935
Place of birth Portugal
Date of death January 2, 1992(1992-01-02) (aged 56)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1963 Belenenses 125 (96)
1963–1968 Benfica 35 (23)
1970 Toronto First Portuguese
Total 160 (119)
International career
1959–1965 Portugal 10 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

António Fernandes (18 June 1935 – 2 January 1992), known as Yaúca, was a former Portuguese footballer who played as forward.

In the summer of 1970 he played abroad in Canada's National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese.1 In his debut season with Toronto he assisted in securing the NSL Cup by scoring a goal against Toronto Hellas.2

Career

Yaúca gained 10 caps and scored 4 goals for Portugal. He made his debut 11 November 1959 in Paris against France, in a 3–5 defeat.

References

References

  1. Ryan, Allan (September 28, 1970). "Portuguese gets his biggest goal as departure time draws near". Toronto Daily Star. p. 16.
  2. Waring, Ed (September 28, 1970). "Portuguese win soccer crown in overtime, 2-1". The Globe and Mail. p. 21.
External links
  • Yaúca at EU-Football.info (archived)
  • Yaúca at WorldFootball.net
  • Yaúca at ForaDeJogo (archived)