Alfredo Manuel da Silva Murça (17 January 1948 – 24 August 2007) was a Portuguese international

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who played as a defender.

Football career

Murça earned 5

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for the

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. He made his international debut on 10 December 1969 in

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, in a 1–0 defeat against

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Personal

His was the older brother of Joaquim Murça.

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