Eusebio da Silva Ferreira

The Portugal national football team was formed in 1914, their first game was on December 18,1921.Cristiano Ronaldo is the team captain. As of March 3, 2010 Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes also known as Pauleta scored forty seven goals in eighty eight matches, Cristiano Rolando has scored twenty two goals in sixty nine games Eusebio da Silva Ferreria (now retired) has scored seven hundred twenty seven goals in seven hundred fifteen games and is considered one of the best footballers of all time. He is from what is now Mozambique and is known as the "black panther" or the "the black pearl"and has helped the Portuguese national team reach third place at the 1966 world cup. He was well known for his speed and his powerful right-foot strike. Eusebio was named one of the best living one hundred and twenty five football players in 2004 in his FIFA 100 list. Ferreria is considered Portugal s most prized player and the first world-class African football player. Antonio Somoes said that "with eseubio we could be tri European Champions,without him maybe we could win league." Ouside of the Benifica stadium,the Estadion da Luz in Lisbon,Portugal stands a statue of Eusebio.He was the leading goal scorer in the 1966 world cup , he scored nine goals. Even though he is retired he is a constant presence with the Portuguese national team.