Fernando Baptista dos Seixas Peyroteo

Birthplace:
March 10, 1918, Humpata, Angola

Played for:
Atlético de Moçâmedes
Desportivo de Huíla
Sporting de Luanda
Sporting

Biography:
When he arrived in Portugal he did not immediately sign a contract, he only gave his word that he would play with Sporting and he didn't want to discuss the financial aspects of his contract.

Little time passed when he was offered a contract to play with Porto. However, Peyroteo did not accept the invitation, because he already committed verbally to play for Sporting and the money was no concern of his.

To prevent more risks of him going somewhere else, the controllers of Sporting had given a contract for him to sign, for two years

His signed with Sporting in 1937, and in his first game with the club, which occurred on the 12th of September, 1937, against Benfica (5-3), he scored 2 goals.
He trained with Sporting two times per week with the team, but practiced on his own another 2 days to practice his shot.

In 1945, he got a red card in one particular Benfica-Sporting game, for the first and only time. This happened because a player of the rival club insulted him. Peyroteo answered in a bad way, citing the reason being to honor his mother.

At the national level, for the Portugal National Team, he played in 20 international matches.

Peyroteo finished his career of futebol in 1949. The last game that officially played occurred on October 5.

"When I enter in field, I go all out, but, after a half dozen kicks of the ball, an unexplained phenomena takes possession of me."

On November 28, 1978, during a game of veterans played in Barcelona, Peyroteo suffered an injury that ended up to be fatal. In an operation on his Achilles Tendon, he suffered a cardiac attack. Furthermore, he ended up having to amputate his leg. He passed away shortly after.

Honors:
1 Championship of Portugal: 1937/38
5 National Championships (including a "tricampeonato"): 1940/41, 1943/44, 1946/47, 1947/48 and 1948/49
4 Portugal Cups: 1940/41, 1944/45, 1945/46 and 1947/48

Six time goal scoring leader of the National Championship:
1937/38 - 34 goals
1939/40 - 29 goals
1940/41 - 29 goals
1945/46 - 39 goals
1946/47 - 43 goals
1948/49 - 40 goals

Games played with Sporting :
In total: 416 games played/689 goals
In the National Championship: 183 games played/297 goals
1st game: 12th of September, 1937

Golden moments :
1942 - He scored nine goals against Leça, which is a record in the national championship
1948 - In a game that Sporting needed to win by 3 goals in order to overtake Benfica in the standings, Peyroteo, scored 4 goals, which clinched the Championship, a historical moment known as the "pirolito", which was in Alvalade.