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The death has been announced of Portuguese football legend, Eusebio. Reports say that he died of a cardiac arrest in the early hours of Sunday morning.
He had been in poor health for some time and was hospitalised during Euro 2012 after suffering a heart scare in Poland.
He helped the Portuguese national team reach third place at the 1966 World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the tournament with nine goals (including four in one match against North Korea) and received the Bronze Ball award. He won the Ballon d’Or award in 1965 and was runner-up in 1962 and 1966.
See some of the tributes in Twitter for the great man
Always eternal #Eusebio, rest in peace pic.twitter.com/n25X0q9rfF
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) January 5, 2014
Eusebio was a football & FIFA ambassador. He’ll be sorely missed. Rest in peace Black Panther. http://t.co/NBaldFohkv pic.twitter.com/ejC1W0QgLB
— Joseph S Blatter (@SeppBlatter) January 5, 2014
A football legend, a pioneer and real king has passed away. Thank you #Eusebio.
— PUMA Football (@pumafootball) January 5, 2014
RIP to #Eusebio a true football great and the Golden Boot winner at the 1966 @FIFAWorldCup for #Portugal… pic.twitter.com/QPJBQJ307M
— MTNfootball (@mtnfootball) January 5, 2014
Here are some of his goals:
