Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (13 May 1949 – 7 November 2023), known as Moinhos, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

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
Date of death 7 November 2023(2023-11-07) (aged 74)
Place of death 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

edit

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

edit

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 2–0 home loss to Poland, at the beginning of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Death

edit

Moinhos died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 74.[10]

Career statistics

edit
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[11]

Honours

edit

Benfica

References

edit
edit