mother prevented him from moving to Italy to train. At the age of 18 he left Mozambique and signed on with Benfica, but because his former team was a feeder for Benfica arch-rival Sporting Clube de Portugal, his move caused serious controversy, even fears of a plot to kidnap him. The excitement surrounding his Benfica debut was well founded; his first time on the pitch for the tricolor was against Atletico Clube de Portugal in 1961, and he tidily scored a hat-trick. Eusebio had a brilliant career at Benfica. Only a year after starting with the team, he was second in the Ballon D ' Or, and led the team to European Cup runner-up status in 1963, ' 65, and ' 68. He won the Ballon D ' Or in 1965, and won the first-ever Golden Boot award in 1968. He capped off his Benfica career in 1975. He retired in 1979 after a few years of on-and-off playing in the United States, and he now sits on the technical committee of the Portuguese national soccer team.
Number 7: Lev Yashin Ask your average soccer fan who the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport is, and