Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa mourns passing of Sporting legend with 150 goals | OneFootball

The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressed his sorrow over the death of Ernesto Figueiredo, former striker for Sporting and the National Team. The head of state remembered the Altafini of Cernache as “one of the Magriços”, the national team that in 1966 secured third place at the World Cup in England.

“The President of the Republic remembers Ernesto Figueiredo, one of the ‘Magriços’ in England, at the Football World Cup, who has left us. Besides the third place at the World Cup, he was national champion and also won what was then the Cup Winners’ Cup with Sporting,” reads a statement published on the official page of the Presidency.

Ernesto Figueiredo, a historic figure for the Lions, played a decisive role in winning the 1963/64 Cup Winners’ Cup, notably scoring six goals on the way to the European title, one of which was the 3-3 against MTK that took the decision to a replay, which was subsequently won.

Nationally, with the Lions he won the Leagues of 1961/62 and 1965/66, also adding the international competition to his record, a tournament for which the green and whites qualified after winning the previous season’s Portuguese Cup.

“He remains in green and white history as one of its most prolific forwards, having scored 150 goals in 233 matches over eight seasons wearing the lion on his chest, between 1960/1961 and 1967/1968. In addition to winning several titles with Sporting, Figueiredo was instrumental to that success in the 1960s, both nationally and internationally,” wrote the Alvalade Club.

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