José Águas was the centre-forward and captain of Benfica’s golden age, leading the line as the Lisbon club emerged as a European power. His goals were central to the back-to-back European Cup triumphs of the early 1960s, when Benfica supplanted Real Madrid at the top of the continent.
Born in Angola, he was a powerful and instinctive finisher who topped the Portuguese scoring charts repeatedly and remains one of the defining figures of the club’s history.