The former Benfica star was the top scorer in the 1966 World Cup in England, when he helped Portugal to the semi-finals and a third-place finish.
Eusebio da Silva Ferreira was born in Mozambique and he moved to Lisbon after joining Benfica as an 18-year-old from his local club, Sporting Clube de Lourenco Marques.
He quickly established himself at the Stadium of Light of was the talisman at Benfica during the club's glory years in the early 1960s.
Eusebio helped the Eagles retain the European Cup in 1962 when they beat Real Madrid 5-3 in Amsterdam, while the club lost Wembley finals to AC Milan in 1963 and Manchester United in 1968, and well as Inter Milan in 1965.
He was the 1965 European Footballer of the Year and finished as runners-up twice, in 1962 and 1966, and in 1968 was the first winner of the Golden Boot Award, as Europe's leading scorer, a feat he repeated five years later.
Euebio was the Portuguese First Division's top scorer seven times, and he helped Benfica to 11 league titles and five national cup wins.
His last game for Benfica was June 1975.
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