António Livramento

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António José Parreira do Livramento (28 February 1943 – 7 June 1999) was a Portuguese roller hockey player and coach. He played as a forward and is regarded by many as one of the sport’s greatest.

Born in Évora, he began playing roller hockey with Futebol Benfica in 1959. He spent most of his club career with Benfica (1959–1970 and 1971–1974), with shorter periods at HC Monza (1970–1971), Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor (1974–1976), Sporting CP (1976–1977 and 1978–1981), and Amatori Lodi in Italy (1977–1978).

Livramento played for the Portugal national team from 1961 to 1977, earning 209 caps and scoring 425 goals. He helped Portugal win three World Championships (1962, 1968, 1974) and seven European Championships (1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1977). He was named the best player at the European Youth Championship in 1960.

A controversial incident at the 1977 World Championship final led him to leave the national team.

After retiring as a player, he became a coach. He led Bassano Hockey 54 in Italy (1984–85 to 1985–86) and later coached Sporting CP and the Portugal national team. As a coach, he won three World Championships (1982, 1991, 1993) and three European Championships (1987, 1992, 1994) before resigning after the 1995 World Championship.

Livramento died in Lisbon on 7 June 1999 from a stroke, at the age of 56.