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,Época 1972/73: Primeira Divisão (1972/73 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 27 April 2007 (in Portuguese) he moved to Primeira Liga giants S.L. Benfica.Não esqueças o meu nome (Don't forget my name); at Sindicato dos Jogadores (in Portuguese)
During his four-year spell in Lisbon, Moinhos appeared intermittently but did contribute 57 matches and 20 goals from 1974 to 1976,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) eventually helping Benfica to three consecutive national championships. In 1977 he returned to Boavista, where he remained three further seasons.
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. In the following decades he would again work with Boavista, in its coaching departments,Caetano e Pedrosa de regresso (Caetano and Pedrosa return); Record, 15 June 2005 (in Portuguese) while also being undermined by health problems and poor finances.Sindicato oferece cinco mil euros a Moinhos (Union offers €5.000 to Moinhos); A Bola, 15 October 2010 (in Portuguese)
International career Whilst at Benfica, Moinhos won seven caps for Portugal, scoring once.Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses (Complete list of Portuguese internationals); Mais Futebol, 18 February 2004 (in Portuguese) He made his debut on 24 April 1975 in a 2–0 friendly win in Paris against France,França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese) 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.Morreu Mário Moinhos, tricampeão no Benfica (Death of Mário Moinhos, three-time champion for Benfica); A Bola, 7 November 2023 (in Portuguese)
Career statistics
Honours Benfica Primeira Liga: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75
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