Mário Jorge Moinhos Matos (born 13 May 1949), known as Moinhos, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in

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, Moinhos started playing professionally in 1969, with

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. After two solid last seasons, especially 1972–73 where he scored 15 goals in 29 games to help his team rank seventh, he moved to

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giants

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. During his four-year spell with the Lisbon team, Moinhos appeared intermittently but did contribute with 57 matches and 20 goals from 1974 to 1976, eventually helping Benfica to three consecutive national championships. In 1978, aged 29, he returned to Boavista, where he remained three further seasons. Moinhos finished his career after four years with

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, retiring after the end of the 1983–84 campaign with his team being relegated. In the following decades he would again work with Boavista, in its coaching departments, while also being undermined by health problems and poor finances.

International career

Whilst at Benfica, Moinhos won seven

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for

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, scoring once. He made his debut on 24 April 1975 in a 2–0 friendly win in

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against

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Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese) and appeared for the last time on 16 October 1976 in a 0–2 home loss to

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, at the beginning of the

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qualifiers.

Honours

Benfica *

: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 *

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: Runner-up 1973–74, 1974–75

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