Portuguese footballer (1949–2023)
Mário Moinhos|
Full name |
Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos[1] |
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Date of birth |
(1949-05-13)13 May 1949[1] |
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Place of birth |
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal |
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Date of death |
7 November 2023(2023-11-07) (aged 74) |
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Place of death |
Portugal |
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Height |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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Vilanovense |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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1965–1969 |
Vilanovense |
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1969–1973 |
Boavista |
100 |
(28) |
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1973–1977 |
Benfica |
74 |
(21) |
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1977–1980 |
Boavista |
83 |
(15) |
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1980–1984 |
Espinho |
94 |
(13) |
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Total |
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351 |
(77) |
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1975–1976 |
Portugal |
7 |
(1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (13 May 1949 – 7 November 2023), known as Moinhos, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
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]
International career
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.
Death
Moinhos died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 74.[10]
Career statistics
Honours
Benfica
References
- ^ a b c Mário Moinhos at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Época 1972/73: Primeira Divisão (1972/73 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 27 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b c Não esqueças o meu nome (Don't forget my name); at Sindicato dos Jogadores (in Portuguese)
- ^ Época 1974/75: Primeira Divisão (1974/75 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 11 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Época 1975/76: Primeira Divisão (1975/76 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 5 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Caetano e Pedrosa de regresso (Caetano and Pedrosa return); Record, 15 June 2005 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses (Complete list of Portuguese internationals); Mais Futebol, 18 February 2004 (in Portuguese)
- ^ França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b Morreu Mário Moinhos, tricampeão no Benfica (Death of Mário Moinhos, three-time champion for Benfica); A Bola, 7 November 2023 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Portugal-Chipre: Vitórias e goleadas para o lado luso (Portugal-Cyprus: Wins and routs for the Lusitanian side); Diário de Notícias, 1 Junho 2017 (in Portuguese)
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