Gustavo Teixeira

Gustavo Antunes Teixeira (born 26 December 1908 – 1 January 1987) was a Portuguese footballer who played as defender.

Gustavo Teixeira

Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Antunes Teixeira
Date of birth	26 December 1908
Place of birth	Vila Real, Portugal
Date of death	1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 78)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1918–1925	Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1930	Casa Pia	8	(6)
1932–1939	Benfica	71	(0)
Total		79	(6)
International career
1930–1938	Portugal	10	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Over the course of 4 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 65 games, spending most of his career at Benfica, winning four major titles.

Career

Born in Vila Real in Trás-os-Montes, Teixeira joined Casa Pia at the age of 10, and was deployed as centre forward; a position he excelled and led him to the national team, debuting on 8 June 1930, in a 1–2 defeat against Belgium in Antwerp.^[1] He made a further nine caps for Portugal.

After over a decade at Casa Pia, he was invitated to the celebrations of the 28th anniversary of Benfica, on 28 February 1932, where he signed his transfer to Benfica.^[1] Ribeiro dos Reis used him instead as a half-back, on his debut on 13 November 1932 in a home win against Carcavelinhos.^[2] In his first year, he helped the club conquer the Campeonato de Lisboa, that was missing for 13 years.^[1]

In 1934, Vítor Gonçalves, noticed Teixeira's technical prowess and calmness with the ball and pushed him further back, as a left-sided full-back,^[3] and gave him the captain armband, which he would wear for four years in 174 games, taking part in the first three Primeira Liga titles for the club.^[4] He retired at 31 on 25 June 1939, in a 3–4 loss for the 1939 Taça de Portugal Final, with 157 official matches and 2 goals.^[2]

Honours

Benfica^[5]

• Primeira Divisão: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38
• Campeonato de Portugal: 1934–35
• Campeonato de Lisboa: 1932–33