Nené (footballer, born 1949)

For the 1977 Italian film, see Nenè.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Baptista.

Nené

Personal information
Full name	Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista
Date of birth	(1949-11-20) 20 November 1949
Place of birth	Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Ferroviário Manga
1966–1968	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1986	Benfica	421	(262)
International career
1971–1984	Portugal	66	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista (born 20 November 1949), known as Nené (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɛˈnɛ]), is a retired Portuguese footballer. A prolific striker, he played his entire career with Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club.

Playing 66 times for Portugal and scoring 22 goals, Nené represented the nation at Euro 1984.

Club career

Born in Leça da Palmeira, Nené made his professional debuts with S.L. Benfica in 1968, and remained a key fixture with the club until his retirement almost twenty years later, at nearly 37. In the 1972–73 season, he was a star player for a side which became Primeira Liga champion without a single defeat (28 matches won – 23 consecutively – out of 30): the team scored 101 goals, breaking 100 for only the second time in its history.

Nené was the Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1971 and also runner-up in 1972, which was achieved whilst competing with teammate Eusébio. He ranked second in Benfica's scoring lists in European competitions with 28 goals in 75 appearances, and played in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup finals, in an aggregate loss to R.S.C. Anderlecht.

As a player, Nené won 11 national championships with his only club. After ending his career, with overall totals of 577 games and 361 goals, he became a youth coach with the Eagles.

International career

See also: List of international goals scored by Nené

Nené earned 66 caps, for Portugal, ranking joint ninth (with Simão Sabrosa) in the goalscoring charts at 22. He was their record appearance maker until 1994, when it was broken by FC Porto's João Domingos Pinto.

Nené made his international debut on 21 April 1971, in a 2–0 home win against Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers. Selected for the Euro 1984 tournament, he netted the game's only goal against Romania in the last group stage encounter, becoming the oldest player to score in the European championship finals at 34 years and 213 days; his effort led the national team to the semi-finals versus hosts France, where he played as a substitute but could not help avoid the 2–3 extra time defeat.

Nené's record was only broken 24 years later, when Ivica Vastić scored for Austria at Euro 2008 against Poland.

Honours

Club

Benfica

• Primeira Divisão (10): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84
• Taça de Portugal (7): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1980, 1985
• Taça de Honra (8)
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1982–83

Individual

• Portuguese League: Top Scorer 1980–81, 1983–84
• Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1971

See also

• List of one-club men

External links

• Nené at footballzz.co.uk
• Nené profile at ForaDeJogo
• Nené at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football