Fernando Peyroteo

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Seixas and the second or paternal family name is Peyroteo.
Fernando Peyroteo
Personal information
Full name Fernando Peyroteo
Date of birth March 10, 1918
Place of birth Humpata, Angola, Portuguese Empire
Date of death November 28, 1978(1978-11-28) (aged 60)
Place of death Portugal
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Sporting de Luanda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1937-1949 Sporting 187 (331)
1949-1950 Belenenses 32 (40)
National team
1938-1947 Portugal[1] 20 (14)
Teams managed
1961 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Fernando Baptista Seixas Peyroteo (born March 10, 1918 in Humpata, Huíla, Angola – died Lisbon, November 28, 1978) was a Portuguese footballer.

He was a leading man as a forward both for the Portuguese national team and for Sporting, where he was a member of the legendary team Os Cinco Violinos (The Five Violins in Portuguese), with Jesus Correia, Manuel Vasques, Albano and Travassos. He has the best goals per game ratio in the history of football (1.6 to 1.7 goals per game).[2]

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Family relationship

José Couceiro, manager of Portugal's Under-21 Team, is Peyroteo's grandnephew. António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount and 1st Count de Torres Novas and 93rd Governor of India, was his great-uncle. Augusto de Vasconcelos was his second cousin once removed.

His paternal grandfather was Spanish.

Honors

Sporting

Primeira Liga

Taça de Portugal

References

  1. ^ Fernando Peyroteo centenariosporting.com, retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. ^ Fernando Peyroteo centenariosporting.com, retrieved 4 April 2011.

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