Death. Eusébio died at his home on 5 January 2014 of heart failure, aged 71. Many well-known people from the football world expressed their condolences and praise, including his contemporaries Franz Beckenbauer and Bobby Charlton.

When did Eusebio die?

Eusébio, in full Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, byname “the Black Panther”, (born January 25, 1942, Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa [now Maputo, Mozambique]—died January 5, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal), the greatest Portuguese football (soccer) player of all time.

How old was Eusebio when retired?

He retired at the age of 33. Eusébio also played for the Portuguese national team and was the top scorer in the World Cup in 1966, in which Portugal reached the last four, scoring 9 goals in 6 matches. Eusébio married Zenobia da Silva, also known as Flora, in 1965.