Domiciano Cavém

Domiciano Cavém

Personal information
Full name	Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavém
Date of birth	November 21, 1932(1932-11-21)
Place of birth	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Date of death	January 12, 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 72)
Place of death	Alcobaça, Portugual
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left winger/Right half/Right back
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1952–1953	Lusitano VRS
1953–1955	SC Covilhã
1955–1969	SL Benfica	420	(104)
National team
1956–1959	Portugal	18	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavém (Vila Real de Santo António, November 21, 1932 – Alcobaça, January 12, 2005) was a Portuguese footballer who played for SL Benfica. He played first as an extreme-forward, later as a midfielder and a right-defender. Not as skilled as teammates Mário Coluna, José Augusto and Eusébio, he was, nevertheless, one the great Portuguese players of his time, for his versatility on the field.

He spent almost his entire career in Benfica, from 1955/56 to 1969/70, were he won the titles of National Champion, in 1956/57, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68 and 1968/69, and the Cup of Portugal, in 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964 and 1969. He also won the Champions Cup finals in 1961 and 1962, and played and the 1963 and 1965 finals.

National team

He had 18 caps for Portugal National Team, scoring 5 goals, from 8 April 1958, in a 0–1 defeat to Brazil in a friendly match, to 24 June 1965, in a 0–0 tie with Brazil in another friendly match. He played in the 1966 World Cup qualifying matches, but was left out of the squad that participated in the finals. He scored his first international goal against Switzerland in Genébra in 16 May 1959, Portugal had lost the game by 4–3.

The Mystic Dreams

The days before the European Cup finals of Bern (1960/61), and Amsterdam (1961/62), Cavém used to be visited in his dreams by a friendly character, with little hair, and a moustache that told him not to shave his bear in order to be European champion. Benfica won the two finals.

Facts

• He day viewed at SL Benfica as a Left Winger, and ended his career as a Right-Back.
• Cavém played in 9 different positions during his career.
• Has the record of the fastest goal in the Portuguese Cup. On July 19 of 1959 he scored a goal in 15 seconds.
• He was a guest in the celebration of SL Benfica's new Stadium in 2003.
• Died in the Hospital of Leiria in 2005, already suffering from Alzheimer Disease.

Honours and awards

SL BENFICA

• 9x Portuguese Liga

1956/57, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68 and 1968/69

• 4x Portuguese Cup

1956/57, 1958/59, 1961/62 and 1963/64

• European Cup

2x Winner: 1960/61 and 1961/62
3x Runner Up:1962/63, 1964/65 and 1967/68

• Intercontinental Cup

2x Runner Up1961/62 and 1962/63

• Taça Latina

Runner Up:1956/57

Persondata
Name	Cavem, Domiciano
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1932-11-21
Place of birth	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Date of death	2005-01-12
Place of death	Alcobaça, Portugual