He was then employed by Jimmy Liquime to perform in India, Calcutta, Singapore and the Raffles Hotel.

His most popular songs include 'Midnight, the Stars and You', 'Goodnight, Sweetheart', 'The Very Thought of You', 'Guilty' and 'Love Is the Sweetest Thing'.īorn in Lourenço Marques in the then-Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Bowlly gained his musical experience singing for a dance band led by Edgar Adeler on a tour of South Africa, Rhodesia, India and Indonesia during the mid-1920s. He recorded more than 1,000 records between 19. He was the first ever player to win the European Golden Boot award, in 1968, a feat he later replicated in 1973.Īlbert Allick Bowlly was a Mozambican born South African singing, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became a popular jazz crooner during the British dance band era of the 1930s and later worked in the United States. He was the European Cup top scorer in 1965, 19. There, he won 11 Primeira Liga titles, 5 Taça de Portugal titles, 1 European Cup title and managed to help them reach three additional European Cup finals. He played for Benfica for 15 years out of his 22 as a footballer, thus being mainly associated with the Portuguese club, and is the team's all-time top scorer with 638 goals scored in 614 official games. He won the Ballon d'Or award in 1965 and was runner-up in 19.

He helped the Portuguese national team reach third place at the 1966 World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the tournament with nine goals and receiving the Bronze Ball award. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM, commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward.

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