Fernando Baptista Seixas Peyroteo (born March 10, 1918 in Humpata

Humpata

Humpata is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola....

, Huíla, Angola – died Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

, November 28, 1978) was a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 footballer.

He was a leading man as a forward both for the Portuguese national team

Portugal national football team

The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...

 and for Sporting, where he was a member of the legendary team Os Cinco Violinos (The Five Violins in Portuguese), with Jesus Correia

António Jesus Correia

António Jesus Correia, better known as Jesus Correia , was a Portuguese footballer and roller hockey player, one of the greatest and most eclectic sportsmen from his generation....

, Manuel Vasques

Manuel Vasques

Manuel Soeiro Vasques , born in Barreiro, Portugal, was a Portuguese football player who played as forward, for Sporting CP in the 1940s and 1950s. Vasques was the Portuguese league topscorer in the season 1950/51...

, Albano

Albano (footballer)

Albano Narciso Pereira was a Portuguese football player who played all his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, and also played for the Portuguese national football team. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever. He was born in...

 and Travassos

José Travassos

José António Barreto Travassos was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a forward....

. He has one of the best goals per game ratio in the history of football (1.6 to 1.7 goals per game).

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

Torres Novas

Torres Novas is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 270.0 km² and a total population of 37,155 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 17 parishes, and is located in the district of Santarém. The city of Torres Novas has about 15,000 inhabitants. This city has a castle...

 and 93rd Governor of India

Portuguese India

The Portuguese Viceroyalty of India , later the Portuguese State of India , was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India.The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de...

, was his great-uncle. Augusto de Vasconcelos

Augusto de Vasconcelos

Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia, GCSE , better known as Augusto de Vasconcelos was a Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat.-Career:...

 was his second cousin once removed.

His paternal grandfather was Spanish

Spanish people

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.

Sporting

Primeira Liga

• Winners: (5) 1940–41 1943–44 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49

Taça de Portugal

Taça de Portugal

The Taça de Portugal is the main Portuguese national football knock-out competition. The tournament has been officially known as the Taça de Portugal Millennium since 2008, due to its sponsorship by Portuguese private bank Millennium BCP. It has occurred on a yearly basis since 1938 and is...

• Winners: (5) 1937–38 1940–41 1944–45 1945–46 1947–48

External links

• Fernando Peyroteo's genealogy in a Portuguese genealogical site
• Fernando Peyroteu, Centenario Sporting.
• About another player's goals per game ratio