Manuel Soeiro

Manuel Soeiro
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Esteves Soeiro Vasques
Date of birth	17 March 1909
Place of birth	Barreiro, Portugal
Date of death	February 1977 (aged 67)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Luso Barreiro
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928–1933	Luso Barreiro
1933–1945	Sporting CP
International career
1932–1941	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Esteves Soeiro Vasques (17 March 1909 – February 1977), known as Soeiro, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Soeiro signed for Sporting CP in 1933 from local Luso Futebol Clube.^[1] During his 12-year spell with the former club, he helped to the conquest of four Taça de Portugal trophies – the competition was known as Campeonato de Portugal until 1938 – and the 1940–41 edition of the Primeira Liga. Additionally, he was the latter tournament's top scorer in 1934–35 and 1936–37.^[2]

Soeiro appeared in 219 games for Sporting in all competitions, scoring 206 goals.

Soeiro earned 12 caps for the Portugal national team in nine years.^[3] He made his debut on 3 May 1932 in a friendly against Yugoslavia, netting once in the 3–2 win in Lisbon.^[4]

Soeiro's nephew, Manuel Vasques, was also a footballer. He too played for Sporting and Portugal.^[5]

^ Tadeia, António (6 February 2022). "F80 (113): Pleno do Sporting em ano de desastre" [F80 (113): Sporting win it all in disastrous year] (in Portuguese). António Tadeia. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ Claro, Paulo; Preston, Simon; Nunes, João; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Portugal – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ "Portugal-Andorra: Dois estreantes voltam a marcar mais de 70 anos depois" [Portugal-Andorra: Two newcomers score again more than 70 years later] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ "Vasques". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 21 August 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2020.