[2] That year was particularly difficult to him: his cousin Fantoni II died of generalized infection from a broken nose.

Playing there from March to May, he scored six goals in six games and conquered the São Paulo State Championship.

[1] Leônidas injured himself in the game against Czechoslovakia and had to play again in the play-off against the Czechs, because Niginho couldn't substitute him.

Fernando would also play in Lazio, as Fantoni V.[4] Niginho died by a heart attack in 1975, when he was visiting Cruzeiro.

He was one of the top goalscorers in the club's history, scoring 207 goals in 272 appearances, and the biggest idol in the pre-Mineirão years.