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Portuguese footballer (1949–2023) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (13 May 1949 – 7 November 2023), known as Moinhos, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 May 1949||
Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 7 November 2023 74) | (aged||
Place of death | Portugal | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Vilanovense | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1969 | Vilanovense | ||
1969–1973 | Boavista | 100 | (28) |
1973–1977 | Benfica | 74 | (21) |
1977–1980 | Boavista | 83 | (15) |
1980–1984 | Espinho | 94 | (13) |
Total | 351 | (77) | |
International career | |||
1975–1976 | Portugal | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Moinhos started playing professionally in 1969, with Porto-based club Boavista FC. After two solid last seasons, especially 1972–73 when he scored 15 goals in 29 games to help his team to the seventh position,[2] he moved to Primeira Liga giants S.L. Benfica.[3]
During his four-year spell in Lisbon, Moinhos appeared intermittently but did contribute 57 matches and 20 goals from 1974 to 1976,[4][5] eventually helping Benfica to three consecutive national championships. In 1977 he returned to Boavista, where he remained three further seasons.[3]
Moinhos finished his career after four years with S.C. Espinho, retiring at the age of 35 after the end of the 1983–84 campaign with his side being relegated.[3] In the following decades he would again work with Boavista, in its coaching departments,[6] while also being undermined by health problems and poor finances.[7]
Whilst at Benfica, Moinhos won seven caps for Portugal, scoring once.[8] He made his debut on 24 April 1975 in a 2–0 friendly win in Paris against France,[9] and appeared for the last time on 16 October 1976 in a 2–0 home loss to Poland, at the beginning of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Moinhos died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 74.[10]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 June 1975 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–2 | UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying[11] |
Benfica
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