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{{short description|Portuguese footballer and manager}}
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{{Portuguese name|Silva|Cabrita}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Fernando Cabrita
|image = 
|caption = 
|fullname = Fernando da Silva Cabrita 
|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|5|1|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]], Portugal
|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|9|22|1923|5|1|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Loures (parish)|Loures]], Portugal
|height = 
|position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|youthyears1 = 1940–1942 | youthclubs1 = [[C.F. Esperança de Lagos|Esperança Lagos]]
|years1 = 1942–1951 | clubs1 = [[S.C. Olhanense|Olhanense]] | caps1 = 170 | goals1 = 82
|years2 = 1951–1953 | clubs2 = [[Angers SCO|Angers]] | caps2 = 56 | goals2 = 5 
|years3 = 1953–1957 | clubs3 = [[S.C. Covilhã|Covilhã]] | caps3 = 125 | goals3 = 6
|years4 = 1959–1960 | clubs4 = [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]] ([[player-coach]]) | caps4 = | goals4 = 
|totalcaps = 351 | totalgoals = 93
|nationalyears1 = 1945–1957 | nationalteam1 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 1
|manageryears1 = 1954–1958 | managerclubs1 = Unhais Serra
|manageryears2 = 1959–1960 | managerclubs2 = [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]]
|manageryears3 = 1967–1968 | managerclubs3 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] ([[caretaker manager|caretaker]])
|manageryears4 = 1970–1972 | managerclubs4 = [[U.F.C.I. Tomar|União Tomar]]
|manageryears5 = 1973–1974 | managerclubs5 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|manageryears6 = 1977–1979 | managerclubs6 = [[S.C. Beira-Mar|Beira-Mar]]
|manageryears7 = 1980 | managerclubs7 = [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]]
|manageryears8 = 1981 | managerclubs8 = [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]]
|manageryears9 = 1981–1982 | managerclubs9 = [[Académico de Viseu FC|Académico Viseu]]
|manageryears10 = 1983–1984 | managerclubs10 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
|manageryears11 = 1985–1986 | managerclubs11 = [[F.C. Penafiel|Penafiel]]
|manageryears12 = 1986–1987 | managerclubs12 = [[C.F. Estrela da Amadora|Estrela Amadora]]
|manageryears13 = 1987–1988 | managerclubs13 = [[Raja Casablanca]]
|manageryears14 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs14 = [[Académico de Viseu FC|Académico Viseu]]
|manageryears15 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs15 = [[Raja Casablanca]]
|manageryears16 = 1992 | managerclubs16 = [[Clube de Futebol Esperança de Lagos|Esperança Lagos]]
}}
'''Fernando da Silva Cabrita''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Prince Henry|OIH]]}} (1 May 1923 – 22 September 2014) was a Portuguese [[Association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].

He amassed [[Primeira Liga]] totals of 295 games and 88 goals over the course of 14 seasons, in representation of [[S.C. Olhanense|Olhanense]] and [[S.C. Covilhã|Covilhã]]. Subsequently, he went on to have a coaching career that lasted more than two decades, and included spells with [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] and the [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]], [[Algarve]], Cabrita played 14 of his 18 years as a senior in [[Primeira Liga|his country's top division]], starting out at [[S.C. Olhanense|Olhanense]]. In the [[1943–44 Primeira Divisão|1943–44 season]], he scored a career-best 20 goals in only 18 games to help his team to the fifth position out of ten clubs. Cabrita also represented [[Angers SCO|Angers]] (France, [[Ligue 2|second level]]), [[S.C. Covilhã|Covilhã]] and [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]], before retiring in 1960 at the age of 37.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://historiascc.blogspot.com/2009/11/fernando-cabrita.html|title=Fernando Cabrita|publisher=Histórias CC Blogspot|language=pt|date=November 2009|access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref>

==International career==
He gained seven [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in twelve years, making his debut on 11 March 1945 in a 2–2 [[Exhibition game|friendly]] draw against [[Spain national football team|Spain]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6335|title=Portugal 2–2 Spain|publisher=European Football|access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> and netting his only goal in his next appearance, a 1–5 away loss to the same opponent for the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] [[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualifiers]], on 2 April 1950.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1950/04/03/pagina-3/662497/pdf.html|title=España, 5 – Portugal, 1|trans-title=Spain, 5 – Portugal, 1|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=es|date=3 April 1950|access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Cabrita started working as a coach, as he was still playing with Portimonense in 1959. His first full-time stop at the professional level came during the [[1967–68 Primeira Divisão|1967–68 campaign]], when he acted as interim at [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] and led the club to the national championship, before [[Otto Glória]] took over.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lacobrigolagos.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post_09.html|title=Fernando Cabrita|publisher=Lacobrigolagos Blogspot|language=pt|date=9 June 2008|access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="FC">{{cite news|url=http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/38355/language/pt-PT/Faleceu-Fernando-Cabrita.aspx|title=Faleceu Fernando Cabrita|trans-title=Fernando Cabrita has died|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|date=22 September 2014|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-date=23 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923182831/http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/38355/language/pt-PT/Faleceu-Fernando-Cabrita.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the Portuguese top flight he was also in charge of [[U.F.C.I. Tomar|Tomar]], [[S.C. Beira-Mar|Beira-Mar]], [[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]], [[Académico de Viseu FC|Academico de Viseu]] and [[F.C. Penafiel|Penafiel]].

Cabrita served as Portugal's manager during nine matches starting in 1983, after the resignation of Glória.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portugalferroviario.net/ohnoffris/slb/recortes/730928-jhagancabrita.png|title=Cabrita com a "castanha quente": "é um fardo bastante pesado...|trans-title=Cabrita with the "hot chestnut": "it is quite a heavy burden..."|publisher=Portugal Ferroviário|language=pt|date=28 September 1973|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref> He led a technical commission with three other members – [[José Augusto de Almeida|José Augusto]], [[António Morais (football manager)|António Morais]] and [[Toni]] – and coached the national side to the semi-finals at [[UEFA Euro 1984]], where they lost 2–3 to [[France national football team|France]] in [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pt.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7b39da609a-09bc665112af-1000--platini-faz-a-diferenca-em-meia-final-de-sonho-no-euro-1984/|title=Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho|trans-title=Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final|publisher=[[UEFA]]|language=pt|date=4 October 2003|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>

==Death==
Cabrita died on 22 September 2014 due to respiratory failure, at the Hospital Beatriz Ângelo in [[Loures (parish)|Loures]], [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]. He was 91 years old.<ref name="FC"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/interior.aspx?content_id=905812|title=Morreu Fernando Cabrita|trans-title=Fernando Cabrita has died|newspaper=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|language=pt|date=22 September 2014|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Raja Casablanca'''
*[[Botola]]: 1988

===Individual===
====Orders====
*[[File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Commander BAR.svg|60px]] Commander of the [[Order of Prince Henry]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ForaDeJogo}}
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*{{EU-Football.info|3033}}
*{{WorldFootball.net}}

{{Portugal squad UEFA Euro 1984}}
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