Artur Correia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Artur Manuel Soares Correia | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 25 July 2016 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965 | Futebol Benfica | ||
| 1965–1968 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1971 | Académica | 47 | (2) |
| 1971–1977 | Benfica | 123 | (3) |
| 1977–1979 | Sporting CP | 49 | (0) |
| 1979 | New England Tea Men | 23 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Sporting CP | 14 | (0) |
| 1980 | New England Tea Men | 30 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1970–1971 | Portugal U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1972–1979 | Portugal | 34 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Artur Manuel Soares Correia (18 April 1950 – 25 July 2016) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right back.
Nicknamed "Ruço", he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 234 games and four goals during 12 seasons, representing Académica, Benfica and Sporting, winning eight major titles with the second club including five national championships. He also spent two years in the United States, with the New England Tea Men.
Correia was a Portugal international for seven years, making his debut in 1972.
Born in Lisbon, Correia grew up in the Santa Cruz neighbourhood of Benfica with four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. He first started at C.F. Benfica, before joining the under-19 team of S.L. Benfica in 1965, his boyhood club from which he had been a registered member since birth.
In 1968, Correia moved to Coimbra to finish high-school and enrol into college, whilst at the same time competing for local Associação Académica also in the Primeira Liga. He only appeared in one game in his first season, but eventually asserted himself as a starter, gathering interest from C.F. Os Belenenses, FC Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal.
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