Raul Machado

Raul Martins Machado (22 September 1937 – 22 October 2023) was a Portuguese footballer who played as centre-back.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Machado.
Raul Machado
Machado in 1963
Personal information
Full name Raul Martins Machado
Date of birth (1937-09-22)22 September 1937
Place of birth Matosinhos, Portugal
Date of death 22 October 2023(2023-10-22) (aged 86)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Bebés do Mar[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Leixões 74 (2)
1962–1969 Benfica 122 (2)
1969–1970 Leixões 19 (0)
Total 216 (4)
International career
1962–1968 Portugal 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Machado joined his home-town club, Leixões, at the age of 21.[2] In the three seasons there, he help them maintain in the Primeira Divisão and win the 1961 Portuguese Cup.[2]

His performances led to a move to Benfica in 1962, and made his debut on 21 October 1962, in an away win to Belenenses.[3] Due to an injury in Germano, he played 37 games in the centre of a WM formation, winning the league title and losing the European Cup Final.[4][5] In the next season, he lost his starting position to Luciano, playing the majority of his games in the domestic cup, which the club successfully conquered.[6] After a one-year on the right side of the WM formation,[7] Machado easily adapted to the more common 4–4–2 in 1965 and played four more seasons at Benfica.[8][9][10][11]

Machado partnered with Germano and later Jacinto Santos, winning three more league titles and losing a third European Cup Final.[12][13][14] With the rapid rise of Humberto Coelho, he left in 1969 with 193 matches and seven goals, retiring after a last season at Leixões.[2]

International career

Machado received 11 caps for the national team in a six-year spell. He was first called up by manager José Maria Antunes in 1962, to play the preliminary round of the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying against Bulgaria.[15] He played both legs, on 7 November and 16 December, but Bulgaria progressed after a 1–0 on replay.[16][17] Due to strong competition in his position, he did not take part in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but reappeared in the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying stages in 1967.[18][19]

Death

Machado died on 22 October 2023, at the age of 86.[20]

Honours

Leixões

Benfica[2]

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. Morreu Raul Machado, antiga glória de Benfica e Leixões Record (in Portuguese)
  2. Malheiro, João (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias [Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. p. 117. ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
  3. Tovar 2012, p. 303.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 308.
  5. "100 anos: Raul Machado: OUTROS GRANDES JOGADORES" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 January 2004.
  6. Tovar 2012, p. 315.
  7. Tovar 2012, p. 316.
  8. Tovar 2012, p. 329.
  9. Tovar 2012, p. 335.
  10. Tovar 2012, p. 342.
  11. Tovar 2012, p. 349.
  12. Tovar 2012, p. 323.
  13. Tovar 2012, p. 330.
  14. Tovar 2012, p. 336.
  15. "Raul Machado". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  16. "Bulgaria 3-1 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  17. "Portugal 3-1 Bulgaria". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  18. "Sweden 1-1 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  19. "Portugal 2-1 Norway". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  20. "Morreu Raul Machado". Abola. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  21. "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 84. ISSN 3846-0823.
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