Full name Joao Baptista Martins Name Joao Martins Place of birth Sines, Portugal Role Footballer | Place of death Portugal Position Midfielder Playing position | |
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Date of birth (1927-09-03)3 September 1927 Date of death 18 November 1993(1993-11-18) (aged 66) Died November 18, 1993, Portugal | ||
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 on 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.
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