Fernando Cabrita

Fernando Cabrita
Personal information
Full name Fernando da Silva Cabrita
Date of birth (1923-05-01)1 May 1923
Place of birth Lagos, Portugal
Date of death 22 September 2014(2014-09-22) (aged 91)
Place of death Loures, Portugal
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1940–1942 Esperança Lagos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1951 Olhanense 170 (82)
1951–1953 Angers 56 (5)
1953–1957 Covilhã 125 (6)
1959–1960 Portimonense (player-coach)
Total 351 (93)
International career
1945–1957 Portugal 7 (1)
Managerial career
1954–1958 Unhais Serra
1959–1960 Portimonense
1967–1968 Benfica (caretaker)
1970–1972 União Tomar
1973–1974 Benfica
1977–1979 Beira-Mar
1980 Rio Ave
1981 Rio Ave
1981–1982 Académico Viseu
1983–1984 Portugal
1985–1986 Penafiel
1986–1987 Estrela Amadora
1987–1988 Raja Casablanca
1988–1989 Académico Viseu
1990–1991 Raja Casablanca
1992 Esperança Lagos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando da Silva Cabrita OIH (1 May 1923 – 22 September 2014) was a Portuguese football forward and manager.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 295 games and 88 goals over the course of 14 seasons, in representation of Olhanense and Sporting da Covilhã. Subsequently, he went on to have a coaching career that lasted more than two decades, and included spells with Benfica and the Portugal national team.