Jacinto Santos

{{Short description|Portuguese footballer (1941–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Jacinto Santos

|full_name = Jacinto José Martins Godinho Santos

|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|01|28|df=y}}

|birth_place = Matosinhos, Portugal

|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|21|1941|1|28|df=y}}

|death_place = Antwerp, Belgium

|position = Defender

|youthyears1 = 1957–1959

|youthclubs1 = Leixões

|years1 = 1959–1962

|clubs1 = Leixões

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1962–1971

|clubs2 = Benfica

|caps2 = 115

|goals2 = 5

|years3 = 1971

|clubs3 = Leixões

|caps3 =

|goals3 =

|years4 = 1972

|clubs4 = Porto

|caps4 =

|goals4 =

|nationalyears1 = 1966–1969

|nationalteam1 = Portugal

|nationalcaps1 = 5

|nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

Jacinto José Martins Godinho Santos (28 January 1941 – 21 July 2023), known simply as Jacinto, was a Portuguese footballer who played as defender. A Portuguese international, he won one Taça de Portugal with Leixões and seven Primeira Divisão titles with Benfica.[https://www.abola.pt/nnh/2023-07-21/benfica-faleceu-jacinto-sete-vezes-campeao-pelas-aguias/997325 Faleceu Jacinto, sete vezes campeão pelas águias] A Bola

Jacinto died in Antwerp on 21 July 2023, at the age of 82.

Career

Jacinto gained five caps and scored two goals for Portugal. He made his debut 13 November 1966 in Lisbon against Sweden, in a 2–1 defeat.

Career statistics

{{International goals header|ref=no|above=Jacinto Santos: International goals}}

{{Ig match

| n= 1

| d= 27 October 1968

| st=Estádio Nacional| ci=Lisbon| co=Portugal

| o=Romania

| sc=1–0

| fr=3–0

| comp=1970 World Cup qualification}}

{{Ig match

| n= 2

| d= 27 October 1968

| st=Estádio Nacional| ci=Lisbon| co=Portugal

| o=Romania

| sc=3–0

| fr=3–0

| comp=1970 World Cup qualification}}

|}

Honours

Leixões

Benfica

References

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