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Photos: Portuguese soccer legend Eusebio dies at 71

FP Staff • January 6, 2014, 09:11:17 IST
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Portuguese football legend Eusebio, who was the top scorer in the 1966 World Cup, has died today at the age of 71, his former club Benfica confirmed. The Mozambican-born Eusebio died of cardio-pulmonary arrest at 0430 GMT, the club said

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  [caption id=“attachment_1323693” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A man puts a Benfica scarf on the Eusebio monument at Luz stadium in Lisbon January 5, 2014. Portuguese great Eusebio, top scorer at the 1966 World Cup, died on Sunday from a heart attack at the age of 71 with the small Iberian nation mourning him as an ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01_Eusebio.jpg) A man puts a Benfica scarf on the Eusebio monument at Luz stadium in Lisbon January 5, 2014. Portuguese great Eusebio, top scorer at the 1966 World Cup, died on Sunday from a heart attack at the age of 71 with the small Iberian nation mourning him as an “eternal symbol” of their football pride. REUTERS[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323695” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A file picture taken on October 30, 1973 in the Bois de Boulogne shows former Portuguese football legend Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, more commonly known as Eusebio, posing with soccer balls. Eusebio, who was the 1965 European Footballer of the Year and considered one of the best footballers of all time and best ever from Portugal, died at age 71 on January 5, 2014. AFP](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/02_Eusebio.jpg) A file picture taken on October 30, 1973 in the Bois de Boulogne shows former Portuguese football legend Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, more commonly known as Eusebio, posing with soccer balls. Eusebio, who was the 1965 European Footballer of the Year and considered one of the best footballers of all time and best ever from Portugal, died at age 71 on January 5, 2014. AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323699” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A file handout picture taken on May 22, 1963 and released by Central Press shows Football legend and former Portugal's national team player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira (L) kicking the ball during a soccer match between Milan AC and Benfica for the European Cup in Wembley. Eusebio, who was the 1965 European Footballer of the Year and considered one of the best footballers of all time and best ever from Portugal, died at age 71 on January 5, 2014. AFP ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03_Eusebio.jpg) A file handout picture taken on May 22, 1963 and released by Central Press shows Football legend and former Portugal’s national team player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira (L) kicking the ball during a soccer match between Milan AC and Benfica for the European Cup in Wembley.  AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323703” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![Portuguese forward Eusebio (L) and German forward Gerd Mueller pose for photographers during an awards ceremony on October 20, 1973 in Paris after receiving respectively the golden and silver shoes for being the best goal scorers in Europe. Eusebio, who was the 1965 European Footballer of the Year and considered one of the best footballers of all time and best ever from Portugal, died at age 71 on January 5, 2014. AFP](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/04_Eusebio.jpg) Portuguese forward Eusebio (L) and German forward Gerd Mueller pose for photographers during an awards ceremony on October 20, 1973 in Paris after receiving respectively the golden and silver shoes for being the best goal scorers in Europe.  AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323705” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A woman carries a picture of late Portuguese football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, also known as the ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/05_Eusebio.jpg) A woman carries a picture of late Portuguese football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, also known as the “Black Panther”, as his coffin arrives at the Luz stadium in Lisbon to be displayed in a chapel of rest on January 5, 2014.  AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323707” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![The coffin of late Portuguese football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, also known as the ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/06_Eusebio.jpg) The coffin of late Portuguese football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, also known as the “Black Panther”, arrives at the Luz stadium in Lisbon to be displayed in a chapel of rest on January 5, 2014. AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323709” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A picture taken on January 5, 2014 shows an animated hologram of late Portuguese football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, also known as the ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/07_Eusebio.jpg) A picture taken on January 5, 2014 shows an animated hologram of late Portuguese football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, also known as the “Black Panther”, between his two European Golden Boot awards and his Golden Ball award at Benfica’s museum outside the Luz stadium in Lisbon.  AFP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1323711” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A file photo taken on July 27, 2012 shows former Portuguese football legend Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, more commonly known as Eusebio, leaving the pitch at the end of the Eusebio Cup football match at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon. Eusebio died at age 71 on January 5, 2014. AFP ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/08_Eusebio.jpg) A file photo taken on July 27, 2012 shows former Portuguese football legend Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, more commonly known as Eusebio, leaving the pitch at the end of the Eusebio Cup football match at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon. AFP[/caption]

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