Antonio Delgado (footballer)

Antonio Delgado
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-12-15)15 December 1939
Place of birth Cape Verde
Date of death 16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 82)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Strømsgodset
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Delgado (15 December 1939 – 16 March 2022)[1] was a Cape Verdean former footballer.[2] He was nicknamed "Strømsgodset's Eusebio.” He was the first African to play with a Norwegian club and possibly the first Cape Verdean who played with a Scandinavian or a Northern European club.

He later moved to Norway and played with Strømsgodset Toppfotball. He debuted on 15 May 1967 in a match against Rosenborg BK and played seven matches with that club. Delgado scored another goal over FK Lyn on 25 May.

  1. ^ "Antonio Delgado er død" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Nettavisen - Rasismen i norsk fotball". 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2017.