- Fernando Peyroteo
Infobox Football biography
playername = Fernando Peyroteo
fullname = Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos
dateofbirth =March 10 ,1918
cityofbirth =Humpata
countryofbirth =Angola ,Portuguese Empire
dateofdeath = death date and age|1978|11|28|1918|3|10
cityofdeath =Lisbon
countryofdeath =Portugal
height =
nickname =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1937-1949 1949-1950
clubs = Sporting Belenenses
caps(goals) = 187 (331) - (-)
nationalyears = 1938-1949
nationalteam = Portugal
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (15)
manageryears = 1961
managerclubs = PortugalFernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos (born
March 10 ,1918 inHumpata ,Angola – diedLisbon ,November 28 ,1978 ) was a Portuguese footballer.He was a leading man as a forward both for the National team as for Sporting, where he was a member of the legendary team of "Os Cinco Violinos" ("The Five Violins"), with Jesus, Vasques, Albano and
Travassos . He has the best goal rate by game of football's history.Bio
Peyroteo was born and began playing football in Angola, at Sporting of Luanda Club. In 1937, when he was 19, he moved to Portugal where he was hired by Sporting Club de Portugal. [http://www.centenariosporting.com/index.php?content=587 "Fernando Peyroteu"] , Centenario Sporting.]
Peyroteo scored 331 goals in 187 league games, [http://www.centenariosporting.com/index.php?content=2442 Centenário do Sporting :: 1946 - 5 VIOLINOS - ESTREIA DIA 24 NOVEMBRO ] ] establishing him as the Portuguese first division (nowadays known as BWINLiga) All-Time-Topscorer, surpassing Benfica's legendary striker Eusébio, who has a record of 319 league goals. He is also the soccer player with best rate of goal by game (1,6751) in soccer's history, leading a select list of the only 15 players who have more than a goal by game. [http://www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda17b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6d12 IFFHS, 2008] ]
Among other records Peyroteo scored once nine goals in one match (against Leça, 1941/42), eight goals in another (against Boavista, 1948/49), in three occasions six goals, in twelve matches five goals, and in seventeen matches four goals.
He only had 20 caps for the National Team, but he scored 15 goals, since his first game, in 14 April 1938, aged 20, in a 1-1 draw with Germany, until his last appearance, in 20 March 1949, aged 31, in a 1-1 draw with Spain.
Family relationship
José Couceiro , manager of Portugal's Under-21 Team, is Peyroteo's grand-nephew. António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount and 1st Count deTorres Novas and 93rd Governor of India, was his great-uncle.Augusto de Vasconcelos was his second cousin once removed.His paternal grandfather was Spanish.
References
External links
* [http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=575486 Fernando Peyroteo's genealogy in a Portuguese genealogical site]
* [http://www.centenariosporting.com/index.php?content=587 "Fernando Peyroteu"] , Centenario Sporting.
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