Career
He played his entire professional career with Sporting, scoring 540 goals all official games comprised, winning eleven major titles and being crowned his country"s top division scorer on six occasions. Born in Humpata, Huíla Province, Portuguese Angola, Peyroteo arrived at Sporting Clube de Portugal on 26 June 1937. He scored nine times in a single game against Leça F.C. and eight against Boavista Football Club, and his goals-per-game ratio was arguably the best in the history of football, at 1.6 successful strikes per game.
Peyroteo contributed with 40 goals in the 1948-1949 campaign as the Lions conquered their third league in a row.
He retired shortly after at the age of 31, with the revenue from the testimonial match against Atlético Madrid being used to pay debts he had collected with a sportswear shop he had opened. After a veterans match in Barcelona, he was forced to undergo surgery that brought complications later, leading to the amputation of one legal
He died in the Portuguese capital at the age of 60. Peyroteo played 20 times for Portugal during nearly 11 years, scoring 14 goals.
He made his debut on 24 April 1938 in an exhibition game with Germany in Frankfurt.
