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Manuel José Tavares Fernandes
Manuel José Tavares Fernandes (5 June 1951 – 27 June 2024) was a Portuguese football striker and manager. His playing career was mainly associated with Sporting CP, which he later also coached. At 255 goals in all competitions, he was the second-highest goalscorer in the club's history. Over 19 seasons, in which he also represented two other teams, Fernandes amassed Primeira Liga totals of 486 matches, an all-time record, and 241 goals. Club career Born in Sarilhos Pequenos, Moita, Setúbal District, Fernandes started his career with local G.D. Fabril, scoring 43 goals in five years. In 1975 he got his first break, joining Primeira Liga (the only tier he competed in in a career which spanned almost two decades) club Sporting CP, netting more than 250 times in official matches and only trailing legendary Fernando Peyroteo who totalled over 500. Halfway through his career at Sporting, Fernandes accepted an offer from the United States to play for the Rochester Lancers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarilhos Pequenos
Sarilhos Pequenos is town on the south margin of the Tagus River, near Lisbon, Portugal. Once a civil parish in the municipality of Moita, in the district of Setúbal, it merged in 2013 into the new parish of Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos. With an area of approximately , the population of Sarilhos Pequenos was 1150 in 2011 (census data). History Sarilhos Pequenos has been known historically as land of fishermen and fish-salters; until the 1960s-1970s, and for decades beforehand, 90% of its population was supported by the fishery from the ravines and rivers of the region. Its name is derived from the conversion process used in transforming the saltwater into salt, using a wooden device or ''sarilho'' that would permit the entry of water into the salt-flats. The water would be contained in compartments protected by one metre (3.3 ft) walls (or ''margateiras''), where evaporation would take place, and finally salt could be collected. Unlike the process encountered in ''Sari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setúbal District
The District of Setúbal ( ) is a district located in the south-west of Portugal. It is named for its capital, the city of Setúbal. Geography It is delimited by Lisbon District and Santarém District on the north, Évora District on the east, Beja District on the south and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. It has a population of 887,928 inhabitants, in an area of . The district was carved out of Lisbon District in 1926, and is the only Portuguese district created after 1835. Municipalities It is composed of 13 municipalities, spread over two sub regions and comprising 55 parishes: * Península de Setúbal Subregion NUTS II Sub-Region: ** Alcochete ** Almada ** Barreiro ** Moita ** Montijo ** Palmela ** Seixal ** Sesimbra ** Setúbal * Alentejo Litoral Subregion: ** Alcácer do Sal ** Grândola ** Santiago do Cacém ** Sines List of Parliamentary Representatives Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sado (river)
The Sado () is a river in southern Portugal; it is one of the major rivers in the country. It flows in a northerly direction (the only major Portuguese river to do so) through from its springs in the hills of Ourique before entering the Atlantic Ocean in an estuary in the city of Setúbal. The estuary is the habitat of a large community of bottlenose dolphins; there are 31 members of the pod, each of whom has been named (2007). The river is dammed in several places, chiefly for irrigation of rice, maize, and vegetables. In its course, the river crosses the city of Alcácer do Sal Alcácer do Sal () is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District. The population in 2011 was 13,046, in an area of 1,499.87 km2. History Earliest settlement There has been human settlement in the area for more than 40,000 y .... References Rivers of Portugal {{Portugal-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Jordão
Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão (; 9 August 1952 – 18 October 2019) was a Portuguese footballer. His professional career was spent mostly with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting CP. One of the most prolific strikers in the history of Portuguese football, he won the Silver Ball award twice, once with each team. Jordão represented the Portugal national team for 17 years, appearing with them at Euro 1984. Club career Born in Benguela, Portuguese Angola, Jordão moved in his teens to Portugal's S.L. Benfica, making his professional debut in 1971–72. He played 18 games and scored seven goals in his debut campaign, appearing slightly less in his second but still contributing five goals as the club won back-to-back Primeira Liga titles, only losing one match over two seasons. Jordão signed with Spanish side Real Zaragoza in the summer of 1976, scoring regularly but being relegated from La Liga. Subsequently, he returned to his country of adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diário De Notícias
() is a Portuguese weekly newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal. History and profile ''Diário de Notícias'' was first published in Lisbon on 29 December 1864 by Tomás Quintino Antunes and Eduardo Coelho. At its early phase the paper had no explicit political stance and financially relied on the advertisements. Its headquarters is in Lisbon. During the 1880s the novelist Eça de Queiroz, then stationed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in the Portuguese diplomatic service, contributed occasional "London letters" to the newspaper. Some of these were afterwards published in a book entitled '' Cartas de Inglaterra''. Before the Carnation Revolution ''Diário de Notícias'' belonged to the Empresa Nacional de Publicidade, a propaganda arm of the dictatorship. Following the Carnation Revolution, the paper remained nationalized until the early 1990s. Then the paper and ''Jornal de Notícias'' we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. Website The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information. This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Big 8 (Usenet)#Hierarchies, Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association football, football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. Founded on 28 September 1893, Porto is one of the "Big Three (Portugal), Big Three" (Portuguese: ''Os Três Grandes'') teams in Portugal – together with Lisbon-based O Clássico, rivals Benfica and FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry, Sporting CP, that have appeared in every season of the Primeira Liga since its establishment in 1934. They are nicknamed ''dragões'' (Dragons), for the mythical creature atop the club's crest, and ''Azuis e brancos'' (Blue-and-whites), for the shirt colours. Those colours are in stripes with blue shorts. The club supporters are called ''portistas''. Since 2003, Porto have played their ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola De Prata (Portugal)
The Bola de Prata ( Portuguese for ''Silver Ball'') is a Primeira Liga award for the top scorer. In case two or more players have the same number of goals, the award goes to the footballer with the fewest games played. It was first awarded as a prize in the 1952–53 season by sports newspaper ''A Bola''. Héctor Yazalde holds the record for most goals in a single season, with 46, achieved in the 1973–74 season. Fernando Peyroteo recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, 2.43, in 1937–38. There have been 56 winners. Nineteen players have won the award in more than one occasion, with Eusébio having the record with seven wins. Eusébio also holds the record for most consecutive wins, with five. Rui Jordão, Paulinho Cascavel, Mário Jardel and Mehdi Taremi are the only players to win the award with two clubs, and Cascavel is the only one to achieve it in consecutive seasons. Winners Notes Statistics Multiple winners Awards won by nationality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Boston
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas, home to 4,941,632. The most stringent definition of the region, used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, consists of most of the eastern third of mainland Massachusetts, excluding the Merrimack Valley and most of Southeastern Massachusetts, though most definitions (including the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Census definition) include much of these areas and portions of southern New Hampshire. While the city of Boston covers and has 675,647 residents as of the 2020 census, the urbanization has extended well into surrounding areas and the Combined Statistical Area (CSA in the rest of the document), which includes the Providence, Rhode Island, Manchester, New Hampshire, Cape Cod and Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester areas, has a population of more than 8.4 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
