Vítor Baptista

Vítor Baptista
Baptista in 1972
Personal information
Full name Vítor Manuel Ferreira Baptista
Date of birth (1948-10-18)18 October 1948
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
Date of death 1 January 1999(1999-01-01) (aged 50)
Place of death Setúbal, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker / Midfielder
Youth career
1962–1967 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1971 Vitória Setúbal 76 (33)
1971–1978 Benfica 111 (50)
1978–1979 Vitória Setúbal 18 (7)
1979–1980 Boavista 15 (7)
1980 San Jose Earthquakes 1 (0)
1980–1981 Amora 4 (0)
1981–1982 Montijo (player-coach) 2 (0)
1982–1983 União Tomar
1983–1984 Monte Caparica
1984–1986 Estrelas Faralhão
Total 227 (97)
International career
1971–1976 Portugal 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vítor Manuel Ferreira Baptista (18 October 1948 – 1 January 1999) was a Portuguese footballer. Mainly a second striker, he could also operate as an attacking midfielder.

During a 15-year professional career, which was marred by several problems of indiscipline, he played mostly for Vitória de Setúbal (two spells) and Benfica, gaining international recognition with the latter, for which he amassed official totals of 150 games and 62 goals (128 matches and 52 goals for Setúbal).