Mário Moinhos

Portuguese footballer (1949–2023)

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

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

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

Death

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

Career statistics

**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

Benfica

Primeira Liga: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77^[10]
Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mário Moinhos at WorldFootball.net
^ Época 1972/73: Primeira Divisão (1972/73 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 27 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
^ ^a ^b ^c Não esqueças o meu nome (Don't forget my name); at Sindicato dos Jogadores (in Portuguese)
^ Época 1974/75: Primeira Divisão (1974/75 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 11 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
^ Época 1975/76: Primeira Divisão (1975/76 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 5 April 2007 (in Portuguese)
^ Caetano e Pedrosa de regresso (Caetano and Pedrosa return); Record, 15 June 2005 (in Portuguese)
^ Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (in Portuguese)
^ Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses (Complete list of Portuguese internationals); Mais Futebol, 18 February 2004 (in Portuguese)
^ França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese)
^ ^a ^b Morreu Mário Moinhos, tricampeão no Benfica (Death of Mário Moinhos, three-time champion for Benfica); A Bola, 7 November 2023 (in Portuguese)
^ 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)