Humberto Fernandes
{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|Silva|Fernandes}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Humberto Fernandes
|image =
|fullname = Humberto da Silva Fernandes
|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|6|14|df=y}}
|birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
|death_date = {{death date and age|2009|02|08|1940|6|14|df=y}}
|death_place = Lisbon, Portugal
|height = 1.75 m
|position = Centre-back
|youthyears1 = 1953–1958 | youthclubs1 = Benfica
|years1 = 1958–1970 | clubs1 = Benfica| caps1 = 58 | goals1 = 0
|years2 = 1970–1971 | clubs2 = Estrela de Portalegre
|years3 = 1971–1973 | clubs3 = Sport Lisboa e Cartaxo
|totalcaps=58| totalgoals= 0
}}
Humberto da Silva Fernandes (14 June 1940 – 8 February 2009) was a Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a centre-back.
Over the course of 12 seasons, Fernandes amassed Primeira Liga totals of 58 games, all at Benfica, winning 11 major titles.
Club career
Born in Penha de França, Lisbon, Fernandes is a youth product of Benfica, serving the club for seventeen seasons.{{cite web |title=Humberto Fernandes |url=https://www.thefinalball.com/player.php?id=11787 |website=The Final ball.com |accessdate=21 June 2018}} He made his debut on 2 November 1958 in win against Braga.{{cite book | last=Tovar |first=Rui Miguel | title=Almanaque do Benfica| publisher=Lua de Papel |location=Portugal| year=2012| isbn=978-989-23-2087-8 |page=715}} Playing mostly for the reserves, he spent the entirety of his career serving as back-up to Alfredo, Fernando Cruz, Raúl Machado, Jacinto Santos and Germano, appearing only sporadically through the course of 12 years.
In 1970 he left Benfica to sign with Estrela de Portalegre,{{cite journal|title=Benfica dispensa jogadores|journal=Diário de Lisboa|date=11 May 1971|issue=17021|page=27|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06613.151.24749#!27|accessdate=7 July 2017|trans-title=Benfica releases players|language=Portuguese}} ending his career at Sport Lisboa e Cartaxo in 1973, at age 33.
Honours
- Primeira Liga: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Taça de Portugal: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70
- European Cup: 1961–62
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/intercontinental-cup-1961-514912|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925002004/https://www.fifa.com/news/intercontinental-cup-1961-514912|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2019|title=Intercontinental Cup 1961|date=7 May 2007|website=FIFA|access-date=25 September 2019}} 1962
References
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External links
- {{ForaDeJogo}}
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Category:Footballers from Lisbon
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Primeira Liga players