José Águas

Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Empire from a Portuguese colonial family, Águas started his footballing career with local team Lusitano do Lobito, before moving to S.L. Benfica in 1950 where he gained legendary status.

With Benfica he won the Primeira Liga five times (1955, 1957, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and the domestic cup seven, also being crowned national league's top scorer on five occasions. In the years previous to Eusébio's rise, he was also instrumental in the club's back-to-back European Cup conquests, in 1961 against FC Barcelona (3–2), and the next season against Real Madrid (5–3), scoring his team's first goal on both occasions and being club captain; he failed to complete a hat-trick of wins in the competition after the 1–2 defeat to A.C. Milan in the 1963 final (he did not play).

After leaving Benfica, Águas, aged 33, played one more season for FK Austria Wien, retiring the next summer. He died in Lisbon, at the age of 70 after a prolonged illness.^[5]

Águas made his debut for Portugal on 23 November 1952, in a 1–1 draw with Austria, and went on to gain a total of 25 caps while scoring 11 times. His last appearance was on 17 May 1962, a 2–1 defeat against Belgium.

Águas' son, Rui, was also a footballer and a striker. He too represented Benfica and the national team, as well as FC Porto.

His daughter, Helena Maria, known as Lena d'Água, has a career in pop music as a singer.^[6][1][7]

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Águas goal.

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63^[9]
• Taça de Portugal:^[10] 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62
• European Cup:^[10] 1960–61, 1961–62

Marítimo

• AF Madeira Championship: 1966–67
• Madeira Cup: 1966–67

Atlético

• Segunda Divisão: 1967–68

• Primeira Liga top scorer: 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61
• European Cup top scorer: 1960–61
• Taça de Portugal top scorer: 1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58

• List of association football families

• Galveias, Jorge (November 2004). José Águas, capitão dos campeões [José Águas, captain of the champions] (First ed.). Sete Caminhos. ISBN 989-602-032-9.
• Águas, Helena (June 2011). José Águas, o meu pai herói [José Águas, my hero father] (First ed.). Oficina do livro. ISBN 978-989-555-545-1.

• José Águas at ForaDeJogo (archived)  
• José Águas at National-Football-Teams.com  
• José Águas at EU-Football.info