Fernando Cabrita
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando da Silva Cabrita | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 22 September 2014 (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Loures, Portugal | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1945–1957 | Portugal | 7 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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.
Born in Lagos, Algarve, Cabrita played 14 of his 18 years as a senior in his country's top division, starting out at S.C. Olhanense. In the 1943–44 season, he scored a career-best 20 goals in only 18 games to help his team to the fifth position out of ten clubs.
Cabrita also represented Angers SCO (France, second level), S.C. Covilhã and Portimonense S.C. before retiring in 1960 at the age of 37. He gained seven caps for Portugal in twelve years, making his debut on 11 March 1945 in a 2–2 friendly draw against Spain and netting his only goal in his next appearance, a 1–5 away loss to the same opponent for the 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, on 2 April 1950.
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