Ernesto Figueiredo
Personal information
Full name Ernesto de Figueiredo Cordeiro[1]
Date of birth (1937-07-06) 6 July 1937 (age 86)[1]
Place of birth Tomar, Portugal[1]
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)
International career
1966–1969 Portugal 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernesto de Figueiredo Cordeiro (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 summer 1960 from amateurs União Desportiva e Recreativa de Cernache, aged already 23.[2] 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.[3] He netted 147 times in 232 competitive appearances during his tenure; 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).[4]

Nicknamed Altafini of Cernache while at the Estádio José Alvalade,[3] 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,[5] making his debut on 21 June 1966 in a friendly 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.[6]

Honours

Sporting CP

Portugal

References

  1. ^ a b c Ernesto Figueiredo at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Viação Sernache" (in Portuguese). Instituto Vaz Serra. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b 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

Portugal squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup third place
Primeira Liga top scorers
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