Moisés Matias de Andrade (January 10, 1948 – August 26, 2008), usually known simply as Moisés, was a professional

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who played for several

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clubs.

Playing career

Moisés was born in Resende, Rio de Janeiro state, on January 10, 1948, and started his career playing for

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, then he moved to

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in 1968, and returned in the same year to Bonsucesso. He played for

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between 1969 and the beginning of 1971, participating in the 1968 Taça Brasil title, this edition of the championship that continued throughout 1969, and played from 1971 to 1976 for Vasco, where he won the

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. He then moved to

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, helping the club win the

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in 1977, bringing to an end the club's 23 years without winning the state championship. He played 122 games for Corinthians. Moisés briefly played for

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of France, before returning to Brazil to play again for

and was part of the 1978 Rio champion squad. In 1979, he played for

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and in the same year he had a quick stint at

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, then he moved to Bangu in the following year, retiring in 1983.

International career

Moisés played one game for the Brazilian team, against the

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, on June 21, 1973, at

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, Moscow.

Managerial career

After retiring, Moisés started a managerial career. He was Bangu's head coach when the club finished as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up in

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, as well as that year's

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runner-up. Besides managing Bangu, he was also manager of several other clubs, such as Santa Cruz,

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, América and

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, of Portugal. In 2008, he worked as Cabofriense's management coordinator.

Death

Moisés died on August 26, 2008, in

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, of lung cancer. He was buried at Cemitério São João Batista, in

neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro.

Career honors

;Botafogo * Taça Brasil de 1968: 1969 * Troféu Triangular de Caracas: 1970 ;Vasco da Gama * Campeonato Brasileiro: 1974 * Taça José de Albuquerque: 1972 *Torneio Quadrangular do Rio de Janeiro: 1973 * Troféu Pedro Novaes: 1973 * Torneio Erasmo Martins Pedro: 1973 *Taça Oscar Wright da Silva: 1974 * Taça Danilo Leal Carneiro: 1975 *Taça Cidade de Cabo Frio: 1975 ;Corinthians *

: 1977 * Taça Gov. do Estado de São Paulo: 1977 ;Flamengo *

: 1978 *

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: 1978 ;Bangu *Taça Euzébio de Andrade: 1980 *Taça Governador Virgílio Távora (CE): 1982

Prêmios

* Bola de Prata: 1981 *Seleção do Campeonato Brasileiro de 1981.

References

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