João Morais
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Pedro Morais | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Cascais, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 27 April 2010 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Vila do Conde, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Fullback / Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948–1951 | Sporting Alcabideche | ||
| 1951–1954 | Estoril | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1955 | Caldas | ||
| 1955–1958 | Torreense | 41 | (18) |
| 1958–1969 | Sporting CP | 192 | (50) |
| 1970–1972 | Rio Ave | ||
| 1972–1973 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| National team | |||
| 1966–1967 | Portugal | 9 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
João Pedro Morais (6 March 1935 – 27 April 2010) was a Portuguese footballer who first started his career playing as a winger and later became a fullback.
Club career
Born in Cascais, Morais joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1958, arriving from S.C.U. Torreense where he had made his top division debuts. He spent the following 11 seasons with the Lisbon club, appearing in 256 games all competitions comprised – including friendlies – and scoring 68 goals.[1]
Morais was essential as Sporting won the 1964 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: in the final's replay game (3–3 in the first match), he scored from a direct corner kick in a 1–0 win against MTK Budapest FC.[2]
Morais left the Lions in June 1969, having won four major titles. He retired at the age of 38, after three years in amateur football with Rio Ave F.C. and F.C. Paços de Ferreira.
International career
Morais gained nine caps for Portugal, in one year. His debut was on 18 June 1966 in a 1–0 friendly win over Scotland, in Glasgow.[3]
Morais was selected for the country's 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, appearing in all three group stage contests in an eventual third-place finish. In the second game, against Brazil, he committed one of the most infamous World Cup fouls on Brazilian legend Pelé;[4] however, he was allowed to stay on the field by referee George McCabe.[5]
Later life and death
Morais setlled in Vila do Conde – the city of his second to last club – after retiring, going on to work as a city hall employee. He died on 27 April 2010 at 75, after a long battle with illness.[1]
Honours
Club
Country
- FIFA World Cup: Third-place 1966
References
- 1 2 "Morais" (in Portuguese). Wiki Sporting. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ "1963/64: Sporting at the second attempt". UEFA.com. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ Portugal stats; at EU-Football
- ↑ World Cup final: 10 top World Cup refereeing errors; The Daily Telegraph, 9 July 2010
- ↑ "Pelé". International Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
External links
- João Morais at thefinalball.com
- João Morais profile at ForaDeJogo
- João Morais at National-Football-Teams.com
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
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