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Jaime Graça

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Graça.
Jaime Graça
Graça in 1972
Personal information
Full name Jaime da Silva Graça
Date of birth (1942-01-30)30 January 1942
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
Date of death 28 February 2012(2012-02-28) (aged 70)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Palmelense
1959–1961 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1966 Vitória Setúbal 103 (32)
1966–1975 Benfica 159 (19)
1975–1977 Vitória Setúbal 41 (4)
1978–1979 Sesimbra
1979 Eléctrico
1980–1981 Oliveirenses
Total 303 (55)
International career
1965–1972 Portugal 36 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime da Silva Graça (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒajmɨ ˈɣɾasɐ]; 30 January 1942 – 28 February 2012) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.

Club career

Born in Setúbal, Graça made his professional – and Primeira Liga – debut with local Vitória Futebol Clube, appearing in nearly 150 official games over five seasons and helping the Sadinos to three Taça de Portugal finals during his spell.[1][2]

In summer 1966, after totalling 28 goals in his last two seasons with Vitória, he signed with S.L. Benfica, where he would win seven national championships and three Portuguese Cups, playing 229 matches in all competitions (29 goals). He equalised the 1967–68 European Cup final, a 4–1 extra time loss against Manchester United.[3]

On 5 December 1966, Benfica's new hydro massage bath short-circuited with seven players immersed. Luciano Fernandes was electrocuted before Graça – an electrician by trade before he became a professional footballer – could save himself and the others, and the team played the rest of that season in black.[4][2]

After featuring rarely during his latter years at the Estádio da Luz, the 33-year-old Graça returned to his first club, retiring from the game in 1977 with Portuguese top-flight (the only division he competed in) totals of 303 matches and 55 goals. He was in charge of C.D. Santa Clara as the Azores side were promoted to the Segunda Liga in 1987, but could not prevent relegation the following year.

International career

Graça collected 36 caps for the Portugal national team and scored four goals, mostly whilst as a Benfica player. His debut came on 24 January 1965, in a 5–1 home victory over Turkey for the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[5]

Graça was selected for the final stages in England, appearing in all the games for the eventual third-placed team.[6] He also represented the nation in the Brazilian Independence Cup in 1972, where Portugal lost to hosts Brazil, in what would be his last international appearance.[7]

Graça assisted José Torres in the ill-fated 1986 World Cup in Mexico, marred by the Saltillo Affair.[7]

Death

On 28 February 2012, Graça died at the Lusíadas Hospital in Lisbon after a long battle with illness. He was 70 years old.[8]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Graça goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Jaime Graça
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 January 1965 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal  Turkey 3–1 5–1 1966 World Cup qualification
2 13 November 1966 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal  Sweden 1–0 1–2 Euro 1968 qualifying
3 12 November 1967 Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal  Norway 2–1 2–1 Euro 1968 qualifying
4 2 July 1972 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Uruguay 1–1 1–1 Brazilian Independence Cup

Honours

Setúbal

Benfica

Portugal

References

  1. ^ a b Sequeira, Pedro (6 October 2008). "Década de 60: V. Setúbal mostra garras" [60s: V. Setúbal show their claws]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Escobar de Lima, Filipe (29 February 2012). "Jaime Graça, o sexto elemento de luxo do Benfica" [Jaime Graça, Benfica's sixth deluxe element]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "O adeus a Wembley: as duas finais perdidas pelo Benfica" [Farewell to Wembley: Benfica's two lost finals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ M., Craig (10 April 2013). "A Misfortune Never Comes Alone – Benfica 1967, Part One". Beyond The Last Man. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Morreu o antigo jogador do Benfica Jaime Graça" [Death of former Benfica player Jaime Graça]. i (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Morreu Jaime Graça" [Jaime Graça has died]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Jaime Graça". European Football. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 78. ISSN 3846-0823.
  11. ^ a b "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 48. ISSN 0872-3540.
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