Mário Moinhos

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

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[1]
Date of birth (1949-05-13) 13 May 1949[1]
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, 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

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 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
18 June 1975Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus0–20–2UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying[10]

Honours

Benfica

References
  1. Mário Moinhos at WorldFootball.net
  2. Época 1972/73: Primeira Divisão (1972/73 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 27 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
  3. Não esqueças o meu nome (Don't forget my name); at Sindicato dos Jogadores (in Portuguese)
  4. Época 1974/75: Primeira Divisão (1974/75 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 11 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
  5. Época 1975/76: Primeira Divisão (1975/76 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 5 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
  6. Caetano e Pedrosa de regresso (Caetano and Pedrosa return); Record, 15 June 2005 (in Portuguese)
  7. Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (in Portuguese)
  8. Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses (Complete list of Portuguese internationals); Mais Futebol, 18 February 2004 (in Portuguese)
  9. França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese)
  10. 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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