Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Height 1.83 m | 1965–1969 Vilanovense Position Forward Name Mario Moinhos | |
Full name Mario Jorge Moinhos Matos Date of birth (1949-05-13) 13 May 1949 (age 66) Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (born 13 May 1949), known as Moinhos, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
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Club career
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Moinhos started playing professionally in 1969, with Porto's 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 Primeira Liga 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 to 1976, 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 S.C. Espinho, retiring after the end of the 1983–84 campaign 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.
International career
Whilst at Benfica, Moinhos gained seven caps for Portugal, scoring once. He made his debut on 24 April 1975 in a 2–0 friendly win in Paris with France, 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.