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Mário Moinhos Personal information Full name Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos Date of birth 13 May 1949 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.
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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
- ^ Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Players union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (Portuguese)
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Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Boavista F.C. players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- SC Espinho players
- Portugal international footballers
- Benfica:
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