The King of Football Who Loved SAAB

Today’s football (soccer) players, thanks to their huge financial potential, mostly drive overpriced cars, which was not the case before. Football has changed drastically in the last twenty years. The most popular sport in the world brings more and more money, players are becoming more expensive, and salaries for football players are far higher. Whether footballers are overpaid or not is a debate for another place, but one thing is for sure, those who have a lot of money are happy to spend it on expensive or exotic cars.

Today’s footballers mostly choose super cars, such as various models of Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley, Bugatti and similar exotic cars, which the public indicates their prestigious status. It was not like that a few decades ago, football players earned less, but their choices were also different.

We have chosen to show you just one such football player who stood out from the crowd and chose our favorite Swedish brand – SAAB. He was, as he was called at the zenith of his popularity by the media, the “king of football” – the football player – Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (or just Eusébio), who was a Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.

There are automobiles that are classic for life due to their exclusivity. And there are unique individuals who touch people like no one else. Such was Eusébio, national sports hero of Portugal. At a time when the big players didn’t really enjoy a very wealthy life, Eusébio was the happy owner of several cars in the metropolis by the sea – Lisbon. Of these, noteworthy are the modest Ford Taunus and the adrenaline-filled Ford Mustang.

Probably Eusébio’s most distinguishing factor was his fondness for SAAB, the Swedish brand. According to reports, Eusébio founded a SAAB Cars dealership in Benfica, in partnership with Dantas de Barros, the brand’s official representative in in the territory of Portugal.