Raúl Machado
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Martins Machado | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Matosinhos, Portugal | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1962 | Leixões | 74 | (2) |
| 1962–1969 | Benfica | 122 | (2) |
| 1969–1970 | Leixões | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 216 | (4) | |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1968 | Portugal | 11 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Raúl Martins Machado (born 22 September 1937) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as centre-back.
Club career
Born in Matosinhos, Machado joined his home-town club, Leixões, at the age of 21.[1] In the three seasons there, he help them maintain in the Primeira Divisão and win the 1961 Portuguese Cup.[1]
His performances led to a move to Benfica in 1962, and made his debut on 21 October 1962, in an away win to Belenenses.[2] Due to an injury in Germano, he played 37 games in the centre of a WM formation, winning the league title and losing the European Cup Final.[3] In the next season, he lost his starting position to Luciano, playing the majority of his games in the domestic cup, which the club successfully conquered.[4] After a one-year on the right side of the WM formation,[5] Machado easily adapted to the more common 4–4–2 in 1965 and played four more seasons at Benfica.[6][7][8][9]
He partnered with Germano and later Jacinto Santos, winning three more league titles and losing a third European Cup Final.[10][11][12] With the rapid rise of Humberto Coelho, he left in 1969 with 193 matches and seven goals, retiring after a last season at Leixões.[1]
International career
Machado received 11 caps for the national team in a six-year spell. He was first called up by manager José Maria Antunes in 1962, to play the preliminary round of the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying against Bulgaria.[13] He played both legs, on 7 November and 16 December, but Bulgaria progressed after a 1–0 on replay.[14][15] Due to strong competition in his position, he did not took part in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but reappeared in the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying stages in 1967.[16][17]
Honours
- Leixões[1]
- Benfica[1]
- Intercontinental Cup: Runner-up 1962
- European Cup: Runner-up 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68
- Primeira Liga: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Taça de Portugal: 1963–64, 1968–69
References
General
- Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
Specific
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Nº68 - Raul Martins Machado". Vedeta ou Marreta (in Portuguese). 12 July 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 303.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 308.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 315.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 316.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 329.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 335.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 342.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 349.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 323.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 330.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 336.
- ↑ "Rául Machado". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Bulgaria 3-1 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Portugal 3-1 Bulgaria". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Sweden 1-1 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Portugal 2-1 Norway". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
External links
- Raúl Machado at thefinalball.com
- Raúl Machado profile at ForaDeJogo