Name: Guilherme Santa Graça Espirito Santo

Nickname: "Pérola Negra"



Country: Portugal
Club: S.L. Benfica
Position: *WF, CF
Side: RF/RS
Age: 24-28 years (30/10/1919)

Height: * 175 cm (app.)
Weight: * 74-78 kg (app.)

Attack: 86
Defence: 35
Balance: 84
Stamina: 80
Top Speed: 91
Acceleration: 88
Response: 80
Agility: 87
Dribble Accuracy: 81
Dribble Speed: 85
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 68
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 71
Shot Accuracy: 83
Shot Power: 85
Shot Technique: 80
Free Kick Accuracy: 69
Swerve: 67
Header: 83
Jump: 97
Technique: 82
Aggression: 91
Mentality: 77
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 71

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Standard


CARDS:
P06: Speed Merchant
P11: Cut Back Pass
S01: Reaction

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Reaction - Scoring - Positioning

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO:

The wonder of nature. Santo was one of many great Portugese legends from Africa. He played as outside right and centre forward, very fast with good shot, elastic and agile, strong and with jumping capacities out of common. It was in the Angolan capital that took the first steps for football, too young to enter the training school of Sport Luanda e Benfica. Benfica heart, young William had Vitor Silva, great club forward its future, as large idol of youth. Ironically, in 1936, is hired by Benfica to replace its reference to childhood, having pleased in training who has the experience. At 16 years old, made his debut in the first team of the Incarnate, in a private meeting face to Vitoria Setubal to September 20, 1936, winning 5-2 and scoring a goal in the 85th minute of the Arches field. The official premiere took place on 11 October for the regional championship (even with Victor Gonçalves as coach) when the field of Casa Pia AC, called Restelo, Benfica drew goalless with casapianos. Holy Spirit was the 19 days of turning 17! won the national championship, so this debut season in 1936/1937, revalidating the title won by SL Benfica last season, having been totalist with 14 hours (1260 minutes) scoring 16 goals, an average of more than one goal per game! In the following 4 seasons, the center forward Angolan early nicknamed "Black Pearl", helped his team win three more titles: their bi-national championship (tri-championship team) in 1937/1938 as well as the Lisbon Championship and the Cup of Portugal in 1939/1940. During this time period, highlighting the 9 goals scored against the Casa Pia, a robust victory by 13-1, in a game counting for the championship of the Lisbon 1937/1938. also highlight the game semi-final Cup of Portugal, at the time 1938/1939, when disputed both hands. After losing 6-1 in the first game, the SL Benfica operated a spectacular turnaround by winning the second leg 6-0, prompting the players to leave the pitch FCP 18 minutes from the end, having appointed William Holy Spirit 2 goals. After 5 seasons filled with successes, not only the career of Benfica's number 7 was in danger, but also his own life. Severe inflammation in the lungs prevented up to play any game of football between 1941 and 1944. After 2 seasons blank Holy Spirit returned, this time to act in a new position, the extreme right. Still played 7 games at the end of season 1943/1944, scoring one goal in the league and won its second Cup in Portugal, won the final against Estoril-Praia, a record victory of 8-0. His debut took place in a match against Spanish team and soon the first victory achieved by the Portuguese colors. It was November 28, 1937, in Vigo, after 11 defeats and 1 draw, opposite the Spanish counterpart. At a time when international matches were scarce, was 8 times by the formation of The International Quinas, scoring 1 goal. It was no accident that the young footballer had also discovered that Benfica way to another modality. In 1938, a training of your team, the stadium Amoreiras, the ball escaped to where they practiced athletics and when he sought the ball, footballer Benfica casually jumped over an obstacle, placed 1 meter and 70 the ground, surprising even the athletes themselves who could not overcome this barrier, was then asked to practice high jump, long jump and triple jump, the athletics section of Benfica, won the bi-national champion in all activities, time (dating back to 1915 ... 23 years ago ) long and triple jump. Improved the national record for the high jump, twice, in 1940 and in the high jump, his mark of 1.88 meters was even record Iberian and stood as the national ceiling for 20 years. His fitness for sport, coupled with the sportsmanship that always characterized him, earned him the award with the fair play award, the International Olympic Committee in 1999. He died in Lisbon on November 25, 2012, at the age of 93.