Raul Martins Machado (born 22 September 1937) is a retired Portuguese

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who played as

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Club career

Born in

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

, Machado joined his home-town club,

Leixões The Port of Leixões ( pt, Porto de Leixões, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city i ...

, at the age of 21. In the three seasons there, he help them maintain in the

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and win the 1961 Portuguese Cup. His performances led to a move to Benfica in 1962, and made his debut on 21 October 1962, in an away win to Belenenses. Due to an injury in

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, he played 37 games in the centre of a

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, winning the league title and losing the European Cup Final. In the

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season, he lost his starting position to Luciano, playing the majority of his games in the domestic cup, which the club successfully conquered. After a one-year on the right side of the WM formation, Machado easily adapted to the more common

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in 1965 and played four more seasons at Benfica. He partnered with Germano and later

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, winning three more league titles and losing a third European Cup Final. With the rapid rise of

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, he left in 1969 with 193 matches and seven goals, retiring after a

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season at Leixões.

International career

Machado received 11

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for the

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in a six-year spell. He was first called up by manager José Maria Antunes in 1962, to play the preliminary round of the

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against

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. He played both legs, on 7 November and 16 December, but Bulgaria progressed after a 1–0 on replay. Due to strong competition in his position, he did not take part in the

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, but reappeared in the

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stages in 1967.

Honours

Leixões *

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: 1960–61 Benfica *

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: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 *

: 1963–64, 1968–69 *

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runner-up: 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68 * Intercontinental Cup runner-up:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Raul 1937 births Living people Sportspeople from Matosinhos Leixões S.C. players S.L. Benfica footballers Portugal international footballers Portuguese footballers Primeira Liga players Association football central defenders