Seninho

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Seninho

| image =

| fullname = Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim{{WorldFootball.net|seninho}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|7|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sá da Bandeira, Angola

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|7|4|1949|7|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Porto, Portugal

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Porto

| years1 = 1969–1978 | clubs1 = Porto | caps1 = 121 | goals1 = 24

| years2 = 1978–1982 | clubs2 = New York Cosmos | caps2 = 58 | goals2 = 11

| years3 = 1983–1984 | clubs3 = Chicago Sting | caps3 = 47 | goals3 = 14

| totalcaps = 226 | totalgoals = 49

| nationalyears1 = 1976–1978 | nationalteam1 = Portugal | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Arsénio Rodrigues Jardim (1 July 1949 – 4 July 2020), known as Seninho, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Club career

Seninho was born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola. In his country, he only played with FC Porto,{{cite news|url=https://ionline.sapo.pt/2011/11/22/seninho-quando-fiz-o-4-2-o-estadio-ficou-num-silencio-arrepiante/|title=Seninho. “Quando fiz o 4–2, o estádio ficou num silêncio arrepiante”|trans-title=Seninho. "When I made it 4–2, the stadium when chillingly quiet"|newspaper=i|language=Portuguese|date=22 November 2011|accessdate=30 May 2025}} making his Primeira Liga debut in the 1969–70 season, which he ended with 18 games and six goals to help his team to the ninth position.{{cite web|url=http://arquivista.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/epoca-196970-primeira-divisao/|title=Época 1969/70: Primeira Divisão|trans-title=1969/70 season: First Division|publisher=Arquivos da Bola|language=Portuguese|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=1 January 2014}} He won the only national championship of his career with the club in 1978, contributing 29 matches and four goals to the feat.{{cite web|url=http://arquivista.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/epoca-197778-primeira-divisao/|title=Época 1977/78: Primeira Divisão|trans-title=1977/78 season: First Division|publisher=Arquivos da Bola|language=Portuguese|date=22 March 2007|accessdate=1 January 2014}}

Seninho and Porto reached the third round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup. In the second, on 2 November 1977, he scored twice in a 5–2 away loss against Manchester United, with the tie being won 6–5 on aggregate.{{cite web|url=https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2020/07/08/goodbye-seninho-ex-cosmos-winger-passes-away/|title=GOODBYE, SENINHO: Ex-Cosmos winger passes away|publisher=Front Row Soccer|first=Michael|last=Lewis|date=8 July 2020|accessdate=30 May 2025}}

Subsequently, aged 29, Seninho moved to the United States where he remained until his retirement, playing five years with the New York Cosmos and two with the Chicago Sting and winning the North American Soccer League with both sides – three titles with the former.

International career

Seninho won four caps for Portugal in two years. His debut came on 7 April 1976, in a 3–1 friendly loss to Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/27063|title=Morreu Seninho|trans-title=Seninho has died|publisher=Portuguese Football Federation|language=Portuguese|date=4 July 2020|accessdate=30 May 2025}}

Death

Seninho died on 4 July 2020 at the age of 71, after having been admitted to the University Hospital of São João in Porto.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/o-pele-telefonou-me-para-ir-para-o-new-york-cosmos-5606194.html|title=Morreu Seninho. O ex-jogador do FC Porto que jogou com Pelé e grandes craques|trans-title=Death of Seninho. Former FC Porto player who played with Pelé and big stars|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|first=Carlos|last=Nogueira|language=Portuguese|date=4 July 2020|accessdate=4 July 2020}}