Mário Moinhos

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Moinhos and the second or paternal family name is Matos.
Mário Moinhos
Personal information
Full name Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos
Date of birth (1949-05-13) 13 May 1949 (age 72)
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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)
National team
1975–1976 Portugal 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (born 13 May 1949), known as Moinhos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career[]

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Moinhos started playing professionally in 1969, with Porto's Boavista FC. After two solid last seasons, especially 1972–73 where he scored 15 goals in 29 games to help his team rank seventh,[1] he moved to Primeira Liga giants S.L. Benfica.

During his four-year spell with the Lisbon team, Moinhos appeared intermittently but did contribute with 57 matches and 20 goals from 1974 to 1976,[2][3] eventually helping Benfica to three consecutive national championships. In 1978, aged 29, he returned to Boavista, where he remained three further seasons.

Moinhos finished his career after four years with S.C. Espinho, retiring after the end of the 1983–84 campaign with his team being relegated. In the following decades he would again work with Boavista, in its coaching departments,[4] while also being undermined by health problems and poor finances.[5]

International career[]

Whilst at Benfica, Moinhos won seven caps for Portugal, scoring once. He made his debut on 24 April 1975 in a 2–0 friendly win in Paris against France,[6] and appeared for the last time on 16 October 1976 in a 0–2 home loss to Poland, at the beginning of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Mário Moinhos: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 1975 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Cyprus 0–2 0–2 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

Honours[]

Benfica

References[]

  1. ^ Época 1972/73: Primeira Divisão (1972/73 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 27 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Época 1974/75: Primeira Divisão (1974/75 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 11 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ Época 1975/76: Primeira Divisão (1975/76 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 5 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Caetano e Pedrosa de regresso (Caetano and Pedrosa return); Record, 15 June 2005 (in Portuguese)
  5. ^ Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese)

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