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José Augusto da Costa Sénica Torres ((:ʒuˈzɛ ˈtoʁɨʃ); 8 September 1938 – 3 September 2010) was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach. Nicknamed ''O Bom Gigante'' (The Kind Giant), most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success (13 major titles). With the Portuguese national team he participated in two World Cups separated by 20 years, one as player and the other as manager. ==Club career== Born in Torres Novas, Santarém District, Torres signed with S.L. Benfica in 1959, from local side Clube Desportivo de Torres Novas. Even though he appeared rarely in his first three seasons combined, he managed to score six league goals in as many games, paving the way for a bright future at the Eagles. In the 1962–63 season, in only 21 matches, Torres was crowned the competition's top scorer after netting 26 goals, whilst also helping champions Benfica to the domestic cup final. It was also during this decade that he would be an instrumental figure as the club reached three European Cup finals – losing all – alongside offensive partners José Augusto, Mário Coluna, Eusébio and António Simões. Torres left Benfica in 1971 at nearly 33 years of age, being involved in a deal that sent him and two teammates to Vitória de Setúbal, and promising Vítor Baptista in the opposite direction.〔(Vítor Baptista. Não foi o maior mas podia muito bem ter sido (Vítor Baptista. Not the greatest but he could have been) ); IOnline, 19 July 2010 〕 He scored an average of 13 goals per season for his next club, always in the first division – he also briefly acted as the team's player-coach in 1975 – then ended his career three months before his 42nd birthday after four years at another side in Lisbon, G.D. Estoril Praia, again in the top level, suffering relegation in his last year; in 21 seasons in the competition he amassed totals of 379 games and 217 goals, surpassed the 200 mark for Benfica alone. In the following years Torres worked as a manager, without much success. His biggest achievement was help modest Varzim Sport Clube to two consecutive mid-table finishes in the first division (1982–84). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「José Augusto Torres」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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