In april 2007 a rare 1960's Benfica matchworn shirt was sold on ebay. The seller added the following information:
Here is a great 100% genuine mega rare to find match worn player benfica home shirt from 1961-1968 no sizing lable in the shirt looks to be a xl mans benfica logo and number 5 on the back are both embroided onto the shirt the shirt has a letter"z" embroided on the inner seam of the lower back
as i have tried to show in picture 4, very rare item also has no side seams to the shirt which is only availiable to player shirt would have been used somewhere between 1961-1968, I have been told that the shirt was match worn by "Germano" here is some info to do with this player i have included a picture of him wearing the shirt i found on the net:
Germano deFigueiredo (Lisbon,13/12/32 —14/7/04, commonly known by just Germano was a Portuguese central defender, considered by many one of the best Portuguese players of all time.He started his career in Atlético, were he debuted for the National Team, in a 0-0 draw with Austria for the World Cup qualifyings. He had 7 caps for Atlético, before moving to Benfica, in 1959/60, were he had more 17.
He reached the stardom in Benfica, winning the titles of National Champion and Cup of Portugal. He was a leading figure at the Benfica team that was twice European Champion, in 1961 and 1962. He was also considered the best central defender of the 1961 competition and was, perhaps, the best player at the final, wen Benfica win Barcelona by 3-2. After the final whistle, he said that "I only gonna believe in this, next week". He was also present at the 1963 and 1965 finals.
For the National Team, he was the capitan during the 1966 World Cup qualifyings, and certainly would have been a leading figure of the squad at the finals, if he did not had an injury during the first game, at 19/7/66 a 3-1 win over Hungary, that impeached him to play in the rest of the competition. That would be also his 24 th and final cap for the National Team.
He left football at the end of the 1966/67 season.
Highest bid: £1,031.00
