Fernando Peyroteo

Fernando Peyroteo
Personal information
Full name Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos
Date of birth (1918-03-10)10 March 1918
Place of birth Humpata, Angola
Date of death 28 November 1978(1978-11-28) (aged 60)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Playing position Striker
Youth career
AC Moçâmedes
1934–1936 Liceu Diogo Cão
1936–1937 Sporting Luanda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1949 Sporting CP 197 (332)
Total 197 (332)
National team
1938–1949 Portugal 20 (15)
Teams managed
1961 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos (10 March 1918 – 28 November 1978) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.

He played his entire professional career with Sporting, scoring 544 goals all official games comprised, winning eleven major titles and being crowned his country's top division scorer on six occasions.[1]

Club career

Born in Humpata, Huíla Province, Portuguese Angola, Peyroteo arrived at Sporting Clube de Portugal on 26 June 1937. He went on to be part of the club's attacking line that included Albano, Jesus Correia, José Travassos and Manuel Vasques and was dubbed the Cinco Violinos (Five Violins),[2] scoring 57 goals in only 30 games in his first year to win both the Lisbon Championship and the Taça de Portugal, then named Portuguese Championship.

During his spell with the Lisbon side, Peyroteo won five Primeira Liga trophies, five domestic cups and the first edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira at the new Estádio Nacional, netting twice in the latter for an eventual 3–2 extra time win against S.L. Benfica. He scored nine times in a single game against Leça F.C. and eight against Boavista FC, and his goals-per-game ratio was arguably the best in the history of football, at 1.6 successful strikes per game.[3][4][5][6]

Peyroteo contributed with 40 goals in the 1948–49 campaign as the Lions conquered their third league in a row. He retired shortly after at the age of 31, with the revenue from the testimonial match against Atlético Madrid being used to pay debts he had collected with a sportswear shop he had opened.[7]

Peyroteo subsequently moved back to Angola, but returned eventually to Portugal to coach the national team: after his second game, a 2–4 loss at minnows Luxembourg for the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers which brought young Eusébio his first cap, he was relieved of his duties, and quit football altogether. After a veterans match in Barcelona, he was forced to undergo surgery that brought complications later, leading to the amputation of one leg; he died in the Portuguese capital, at the age of 60.[7]

International career

Peyroteo played 20 times for Portugal during nearly 11 years, scoring 15 goals. He made his debut on 24 April 1938 in an exhibition game with Germany, in Frankfurt.[8]

Personal life

José Couceiro, a football player and later a manager, is Peyroteo's grandnephew. António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Torres Novas and the 93rd Governor of Portuguese India, was his great-uncle; Augusto de Vasconcelos was his second cousin once removed.

Peyroteo's paternal grandfather was Spanish.[9]

Career statistics

Club

Club statistics
Club Season Primeira Liga[lower-alpha 1] Taça de Portugal[lower-alpha 2] Lisbon Championship[lower-alpha 3] Other[lower-alpha 4] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting 1937–38 14346111012—3057
1938–39 1014681023—2645
1939–40 1729481017—3154
1940–41 14294622—2037
1941–42 1228351019—2552
1942–43 1821341013—3138
1943–44 1724219111[lower-alpha 5]22938
1944–45 15196101011—3140
1945–46 2137481011—3556
1946–47 1943—44—2347
1947–48 1714513610—2837
1948–49 234000—2[lower-alpha 6]32543
Career total 19733243749113335334544
  1. ↑ Both as the Primeira Liga and as the Primeira Divisão
  2. ↑ Both as the Campeonato de Portugal and as the Taça de Portugal
  3. ↑ Both as the Campeonato de Lisboa and as the Taça de Honra
  4. ↑ Includes the Taça Império and the Latin Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance in the Taça Império
  6. ↑ All appearances in the Latin Cup

International

[8]

Portugal
SeasonAppsGoals
193831
193900
194012
194112
194210
194300
194400
194534
194623
194761
194811
194921
Total2015

Honours

Club

Sporting

Individual

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Variety the spice of Sporting life". FIFA. 24 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "O dia em que os cinco violinos marcaram 12 golos" [The day the five violins scored 12 goals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Procure-se um recorde e encontra-se Peyroteo" [Look for a record and find Peyroteo] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sporting 14–0 Leça". Zerozero. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sporting 12–1 Boavista". Zerozero. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Portugal – All-Time Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Peyroteo, o goleador que desafiava o impossível e só falhou o curso de medicina veterinária" [Peyroteo, the scorer who defied the impossible and only failed vet school]. Observador (in Portuguese). 11 March 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Fernando Peyroteo". European Football. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Fernando Batista Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos" (in Portuguese). Geneall. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
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