Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos (10 March 1918 – 28 November 1978) was a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
He spent his entire professional career with
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, , scoring 544 goals in all competitions, winning 11 major titles and being crowned his country's
top-division scorer on six occasions.
Peyroteo earned
caps
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for
Portugal
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in the 1930s and 40s.
Club career
Born in
Humpata,
Huíla Province
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...
,
Portuguese Angola
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, Peyroteo arrived at
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, on 26 June 1937 after being introduced to the club by family friend
Aníbal Paciência,
and he quickly impressed new manager
József Szabó by scoring a hat-trick in a practice match.
[ His competitive debut came on 12 September, and he netted a brace against rivals ]S.L. Benfica
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. 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 Violin
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s), scoring 57 goals in only 30 games in his first year to win both the Lisbon Championship and the Taça de Portugal
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, then named Portuguese Championship.
During his spell with the Lisbon
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side, Peyroteo won five Primeira Liga
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trophies, five domestic cups and the first edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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at the new Estádio Nacional
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, scoring twice in the latter tournament for an eventual 3–2 extra time
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win over Benfica. He managed nine in a single game against Leça F.C. and eight against Boavista FC
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, and his goals-per-game ratio was the best in Portuguese football, at 1.68 successful strikes per game.
Peyroteo contributed 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
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against Atlético Clube de Portugal
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being used to pay debts he had collected with a sportswear shop he had opened.
Peyroteo subsequently moved back to Angola, but returned eventually to Portugal to coach the national team
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: after his second game, a 4–2 loss at minnows Luxembourg
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for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers which brought young Eusébio
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his first cap
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, he was relieved of his duties, and quit football altogether. After a veterans match in Barcelona
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, 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.[
]
International career
Peyroteo played 20 times for Portugal
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over 11 years, scoring 14 goals. He made his debut on 24 April 1938, in an exhibition game
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with Germany
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in Frankfurt
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.
Personal life
José Couceiro, a football player and later a manager, was Peyroteo's grandnephew. António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount
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and 1st Count
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of Torres Novas
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and the 93rd Governor of Portuguese India
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, was his great-uncle; Augusto de Vasconcelos
Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia, Order of Saint James of the Sword, GCSE (24 September 1867 – 27 September 1951), better known as Augusto de Vasconcelos () was a Portuguese people, Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat, ...
was his second cousin once removed.
Peyroteo's paternal grandfather was Spanish.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Peyroteo goal.''
Honours
Sporting CP
*Primeira Liga
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: 1940–41, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49
*Taça de Portugal
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: 1937–38, 1940–41, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48
*Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...
: 1944
Individual
* Bola de Prata: 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49[
]
See also
*List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
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* List of one-club men
References
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1918 births
1978 deaths
People from Huíla Province
Angolan people of Portuguese descent
Portuguese people of Spanish descent
Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
20th-century Portuguese sportsmen
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Primeira Liga players
Sporting CP footballers
Portugal men's international footballers
Portuguese football managers
Portugal national football team managers
Portuguese expatriates in Angola