César Brito

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brito and the second or paternal family name is Duarte.

César Gonçalves de Brito Duarte (born 21 October 1964), known as Brito, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

César Brito

Personal information
Full name	César Gonçalves de Brito Duarte
Date of birth	(1964-10-21) 21 October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Barco, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1977–1978	Fundão
1978–1983	Barco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	Covilhã	?	(15)
1985–1995	Benfica	100	(21)
1987–1989	→ Portimonense (loan)	50	(13)
1995–1996	Belenenses	25	(9)
1996–1998	Salamanca	70	(22)
1998–1999	Mérida	14	(1)
1999–2000	Covilhã	1	(0)
Total		260+	(81)
International career
1989–1993	Portugal	14	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in the village of Barco, Brito started playing for local S.C. Covilhã, but soon attracted attention from S.L. Benfica, who signed him in 1985. He endured a difficult start at the latter, going on to serve a two-year loan at fellow Primeira Liga side Portimonense SC.^[1]

Upon his return, Brito appeared mainly from the bench, barred by Swede Mats Magnusson. His biggest moment at Benfica arrived during the 1990–91 season, as he scored twice – as a substitute – to beat FC Porto away (2–0) and eventually clinch the national title, in a match that ended in a riot.^[2]

Brito ended his ten-year link at the Estádio da Luz in summer 1995, having totalled only 23 league games in his last three seasons. After a good year at Lisbon neighbours C.F. Belenenses he moved to Spain, teaming up with a host of compatriots at UD Salamanca, including Pauleta.^[1] In his debut campaign, already aged 32, he netted 15 goals in the Segunda División, helping the team to promote to La Liga while combining with Pauleta for 34 (the pair finished joint-first and fourth in the scoring charts).^[3]

In 1997–98, Brito featured regularly as Salamanca managed to stay in the top flight,^[4] then joined modest CP Mérida in the second tier. He saw out his career at his first club, retiring at 35.^[1]

International career

Brito earned 14 caps for Portugal in four years, and scored twice.^[5][6]

César Brito: International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 September 1991	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Finland	1–0	1–0	Euro 1992 qualifying[1]
2	12 February 1992	Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal	Netherlands	2–0	2–0	Friendly[1]

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94^[7]

References

1. Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (8 August 2020). ""Uma vez fomos almoçar ao Barbas e bebemos demais. No treino da tarde alguns começaram a cambalear e o Toni mandou todos para o balneário"" ["One time we went to Barbas to have lunch and had too much to drink. In the afternoon training some started staggering and Toni sent everybody to the dressing room"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
2. Pereira, Mário (19 October 2004). "Guarda Abel voltou no jogo da polémica" [Officer Abel back in game of controversy] (in Portuguese). Notícias de Corrupção. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
3. Requena, J. M. (16 July 2018). "El camino portugués" [The Portuguese way]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. Segura, Manuel (16 May 1998). "Adiós con sonrojo" [Embarrassing goodbye]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
5. "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
6. Mestre, Rui; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Portugal – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
7. "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 94. ISSN 3846-0823.

External links

• César Brito at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• César Brito at BDFutbol
• César Brito national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• César Brito at National-Football-Teams.com