Ernesto Figueiredo

Ernesto de Figueiredo (born 6 July 1937) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker.

Ernesto Figueiredo
Personal information
Full name Ernesto de Figueiredo
Date of birth (1937-07-06) 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

References
  1. "Viação Sernache" (in Portuguese). Instituto Vaz Serra. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  4. 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.
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