Cândido de Oliveira: Portuguese Football’s James Bond?

If you’re a fan of Portuguese football or have just taken a look at their Super Cup results on your score app, you might have noticed that the Portuguese Super Cup is called the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Apart from being one of the only tournaments in world football to bear the name of a person, the story of Cândido de Oliveira is something you’d usually find in your dad’s old World War Two books.

An independent film has already been made in Portugal called Cndido - O espião que veio do futebol (or Cândido -the spy who came from football), so before let me take you on a journey to the early 20th century to experience the life of this amazing man so that when Hollywood inevitably makes a movie about him you can tell all your friends why Liam Hemsworth isn’t a good fit for the role.

An independent film has already been made in Portugal called Cândido - O espião que veio do futebol (or Cândido -the spy who came from football), so before let me take you on a journey to the early 20th century to experience the life of this amazing man so that when Hollywood inevitably makes a movie about him you can tell all your friends why Liam Hemsworth isn’t a good fit for the role.

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