João Ferreira Queimado (born 1962) is a former Portuguese

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player. He played as a centre and as a fly-half and is the son of former Benfica president

José Ferreira Queimado José Ferreira Queimado (23 December 1913 – 23 December 2007) was the 25th president of Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica. Born in Olhalvo, Ferreira Queimado served as president of Benfica on two occasions: between 17 June 1966 and 3 July ...

Career

Queimado spent his entire career at Benfica, started at 14 years old, in 1978/79. He was promoted to the first category in 1982/83 and would play until 1996/97. He won 3 National Championships, in 1985/86, 1987/88 and 1990/91, 3 Cups of Portugal, in 1982/83, 1983/84 and 1984/85, and 2 Iberian Cups. He is the top scorer of Benfica's history, with more than 3200 points on official games.100 Anos: João Queimado, Record, 1 November 2003 (Portuguese)
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, from 1984 to 1994, scoring 1 try, 10 conversions, 21 penalties and 4 drop goals, 100 points in aggregate. His first game was a 6-6 draw with

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on 11 March 1984, in

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, for the FIRA Championship D2, Pool A, and his last game was a 35-19 loss to Spain, on 28 May 1994, in

, for the

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qualifyings. He was selected twice to play for the FIRA team. He took charge of the rugby section of Benfica in November 2003.

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João Queimado International Statistics
1964 births Living people Portuguese rugby union players Rugby union centres Rugby union fly-halves S.L. Benfica (rugby union) Portugal international rugby union players {{Portugal-rugbyunion-bio-stub