Fernando Peyroteo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Humpata, Angola | ||
| Date of death | 28 November 1978 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AC Moçâmedes | |||
| 1934–1936 | Liceu Diogo Cão | ||
| 1936–1937 | Sporting Luanda | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1949 | Sporting CP | 197 | (332) |
| Total | 197 | (332) | |
| National team | |||
| 1938–1949 | Portugal | 20 | (15) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1961 | Portugal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos (10 March 1918 – 28 November 1978) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
He played his entire professional career with Sporting, scoring 544 goals all official games comprised, winning eleven major titles and being crowned his country's top division scorer on six occasions.
Born in Humpata, Huíla Province, Portuguese Angola, Peyroteo arrived at Sporting Clube de Portugal on 26 June 1937. 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 Violins), scoring 57 goals in only 30 games in his first year to win both the Lisbon Championship and the Taça de Portugal, then named Portuguese Championship.
During his spell with the Lisbon side Peyroteo won five Primeira Liga trophies, five domestic cups and the first edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira at the new Estádio Nacional, netting twice in the latter for an eventual 3–2 extra time win against S.L. Benfica. He scored nine times in a single game against Leça F.C. and eight against Boavista FC, and his goals-per-game ratio was arguably the best in the history of football, at 1.6 successful strikes per game.
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