He endured a difficult start at the latter, going on to serve a two-year loan at fellow Primeira Liga side Portimonense SC.
His biggest moment at Benfica arrived during the 1990–91 season, as he scored twice – as a substitute – to beat FC Porto away (2–0) and eventually clinch the national title, in a match that ended in a riot.
[2] Brito ended his ten-year link at the Estádio da Luz in summer 1995, having totalled only 23 league games in his last three seasons.
[1] In his debut campaign, already aged 32, he netted 15 goals in the Segunda División, helping the team to promote to La Liga while combining with Pauleta for 34 (the pair finished joint-first and fourth in the scoring charts).
[3] In 1997–98, Brito featured regularly as Salamanca managed to stay in the top flight,[4] then joined modest CP Mérida in the second tier.