Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raul Martins Machado | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Matosinhos, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 22 October 2023 | (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.
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]
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]
Machado died on 22 October 2023, at the age of 86.[20]
Leixões
Benfica[2]