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| Full name | Ernesto de Figueiredo Cordeiro[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1937[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
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| *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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Sporting CP
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ernesto Figueiredo at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Viação Sernache" (in Portuguese). Instituto Vaz Serra. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ 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). Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Ernesto Figueiredo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Ernesto Figueiredo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ernesto Figueiredo at EU-Football.info
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