João Baptista Martins Football player

João Baptista Martins (3 September 1927 – 18 November 1993) was a Portuguese footballer who played for CUF Barreiro and Sporting CP.In 1955, he scored the first goal in the history of the European Cup (now UEFA Champions League). It was in 4 September, the first day of the first edition of the tournament. Sporting played FK Partizan, from Yugoslavia, at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon. Martins scored the opener at 14'. The game would end in a 3-3 draw.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 03, 1927
Birth place
Portugal , Sines Municipality
Date of deathNovember 18, 1993
Place of death
Portugal

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Football player

position
Midfielder
teams
Sporting Clube de Portugal
G.D. Fabril

João Baptista Martins on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.zerozero.pt/jogador.php?edicao_id=0&epoca_id=79&id=53552