Mário Moinhos

Mário Moinhos

Personal information
Full name	Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos
Date of birth	13 May 1949 (1949-05-13) (age 62)
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Vilanovense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1965–1969	Vilanovense
1969–1973	Boavista	100	(30)
1973–1977	Benfica	74	(21)
1977–1980	Boavista	84	(15)
1980–1984	Espinho	93	(14)
National team
1975–1976	Portugal	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (born 13 May 1949 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto), known as Moinhos, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Moinhos started playing professionally in 1969, with Porto outfit Boavista FC. After two solid last seasons, especially 1972–73, where he scored 15 goals in 29 games to help his team rank seventh, he moved to first division giants S.L. Benfica.

During his four-year spell with the Lisbon team, Moinhos appeared intermittenly, but did contribute with 57 matches and 20 goals from 1974–76, 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 Sporting de Espinho, retiring after the end of the 1983–84 season, with his team being relegated. In the following decades he would again work with Boavista, in its coaching departments, while also being undermined by health problems and poor finances.^[1]

International career

Whilst at Benfica, Moinhos gained seven caps for Portugal, scoring once.

He made his debut with France on 24 April 1975, in a 2–0 friendly win in Paris, and appeared for the last time on 16 October 1976 in a 0–2 home loss against Poland, at the beginning of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Mário Moinhos: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 1975	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	0–2	0–2	1978 World Cup qualification

Honours

• Benfica:
  • Portuguese League: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
  • Portuguese Cup: Runner-up 1973–74, 1974–75

External links

1. ^ Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Players union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (Portuguese)

External links

• Profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football

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Name	Moinhos,Mario
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Date of birth	13 May 1949
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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