Eusébio da Silva Ferreira was a footballer born in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo. He played for Benfica, and the funeral in Lisbon was a national mourning in photographs and film. He died in 2014. The matches are the timeline.
Fotografie
Harry Pot for Anefo · CC0
Fotografie
W. Punt for Anefo · CC0
Fotografie
W. Punt for Anefo · CC0
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Poveste
What I was told
This is a sample story. A grandchild would write what they were told, and the one afternoon they remember for themselves.
Sofia
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Elena
Lumânare
A sample light for the name we still say.
Sofia
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Eusébio. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
Music for a quiet afternoon
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Eusébio.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Lourenço Marques
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira was born in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo.
Cronologie
The European Cup
He scored for Benfica in the European Cup final, the match that fixed him in a wider memory.
Cronologie
Died in Lisbon
He died in Lisbon. The funeral was a national one.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Eusébio. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1942
1962
2014