Raul Machado
Machado in 1963
Personal information
Full name Raul Martins Machado
Date of birth (1937-09-22)22 September 1937
Place of birth Matosinhos, Portugal
Date of death 22 October 2023(2023-10-22) (aged 86)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Bebés do Mar[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Leixões 74 (2)
1962–1969 Benfica 122 (2)
1969–1970 Leixões 19 (0)
Total 216 (4)
International career
1962–1968 Portugal 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raul Martins Machado (22 September 1937 – 22 October 2023) was a Portuguese footballer who played as centre-back.

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Machado joined his home-town club, Leixões, at the age of 21.[2] In the three seasons there, he help them maintain in the Primeira Divisão and win the 1961 Portuguese Cup.[2]

His performances led to a move to Benfica in 1962, and made his debut on 21 October 1962, in an away win to Belenenses.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6] After a one-year on the right side of the WM formation,[7] Machado easily adapted to the more common 4–4–2 in 1965 and played four more seasons at Benfica.[8][9][10][11]

Machado partnered with Germano and later Jacinto Santos, winning three more league titles and losing a third European Cup Final.[12][13][14] With the rapid rise of Humberto Coelho, he left in 1969 with 193 matches and seven goals, retiring after a last season at Leixões.[2]

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.[15] He played both legs, on 7 November and 16 December, but Bulgaria progressed after a 1–0 on replay.[16][17] Due to strong competition in his position, he did not take part in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but reappeared in the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying stages in 1967.[18][19]

Death

Machado died on 22 October 2023, at the age of 86.[20]

Honours

Leixões

Benfica[2]

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.

Specific

  1. 1 2 Morreu Raul Machado, antiga glória de Benfica e Leixões Record (in Portuguese)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Malheiro, João (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias [Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. p. 117. ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
  3. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 303.
  4. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 308.
  5. ↑ "100 anos: Raul Machado: OUTROS GRANDES JOGADORES" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 January 2004.
  6. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 315.
  7. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 316.
  8. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 329.
  9. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 335.
  10. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 342.
  11. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 349.
  12. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 323.
  13. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 330.
  14. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 336.
  15. ↑ "Raul Machado". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Bulgaria 3-1 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Portugal 3-1 Bulgaria". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sweden 1-1 Portugal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Portugal 2-1 Norway". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Morreu Raul Machado". A Bola. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 84. ISSN 3846-0823.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.