Ernesto Figueiredo
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Full name | Ernesto de Figueiredo | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 July 1937 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tomar, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1955–1956 | Matrena | |||||||||||||||
1956–1959 | União Tomar | |||||||||||||||
1959–1960 | Cernache | |||||||||||||||
1960–1968 | Sporting CP | 155 | (100) | |||||||||||||
1968–1970 | Vitória Setúbal | 41 | (14) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1966–1969 | Portugal | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ernesto de Figueiredo (born 6 July 1937) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker.
Club career[]
Born in Tomar, Santarém District, Figueiredo arrived at Sporting CP in the summer of 1960 from amateurs União Desportiva e Recreativa de Cernache, aged already 23.[1] He scored 17 goals in only 24 games in his first season with his new team, good enough for Primeira Liga runner-up accolades.
At the end of the 1965–66 campaign, Figueiredo finished joint-top scorer alongside S.L. Benfica's Eusébio – both at 25 goals – but his team won the league by one point.[2] During his time at the Estádio José Alvalade, he netted 147 times in 232 competitive appearances; additionally, in the 1963–64 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, he featured in the final against MTK Budapest FC, won after a replay and with the player scoring twice in the first match (3–3 draw).[3]
Nicknamed Altafini of Cernache during his spell at the Estádio José Alvalade,[2] Figueiredo retired in 1970 after two years with Vitória de Setúbal also in the top division, aged 33.
International career[]
Figueiredo earned six caps for Portugal, making his debut on 21 June 1966 in a friendly match with Denmark. He was selected by manager Otto Glória for his 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, being an unused member for the third-placed team.[4]
Honours[]
Club[]
Sporting
International[]
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966
References[]
- ^ "Viação Sernache" (in Portuguese). Instituto Vaz Serra. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ a b Pereira, Sérgio (21 November 2014). "Memórias de um grande leão com Eusébio e Coluna à mistura" [Memoirs of a great lion with Eusébio and Coluna in the mix] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
External links[]
- Ernesto Figueiredo at ForaDeJogo
- Ernesto Figueiredo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Tomar
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- U.F.C.I. Tomar players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Vitória F.C. players
- Portugal international footballers
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players