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This famous football player was born in Maputo. He was born in "Mozambic" when it was a Portuguese colony. -
He became a famous football player when he signed the Football Club Benfica. He was very famous at playing football because of his shots were very difficult to stop. -
He won 2 champions league, 11 titles league and 5 portuguese honor cup.
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He was the international Portuguese player with most goals ( 41 in 64 matches) until another player called Pauleta passed his record
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He won the gold ball because he was the best player in the world this year. -
He became the top scorer of the World Cup and led to Portugal in the third position of the tournament. -
He was the football player with most goals in one year in 1968 and 1972 with more than 40 goals. This reward is the golden boot. -
In 2003 he was chosen as the best Portuguese football player in the last 50 years. -
He died on the 5th January, 2014 at the age of 71 because of a heart attack