António Morato
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | António Maurício Farinha Henriques Morato | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1983 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1989 | Sporting CP | 141 | (4) |
| 1989–1990 | Porto | 2 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Belenenses | 35 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Gil Vicente | 38 | (1) |
| 1993 | Estoril | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | Fanhões | ||
| 1995–1996 | Desportivo Beja | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 220 | (5) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1990 | Portugal | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
António Maurício Farinha Henriques Morato (born 6 November 1964 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
Relatively short for the position, Morato quickly imposed himself at local Sporting Clube de Portugal, being an undisputed starter from the age of 19 onwards and amassing nearly 200 official appearances for the capital club before he reached 25. During his spell, he formed a pair of youth graduate stoppers alongside Pedro Venâncio.
Morato then moved to another Primeira Liga side in the 1989 summer, FC Porto, but his one-year stay would be not very successful: he won the only championship in his career but only appeared twice, barred by, amongst others, Belgian international Stéphane Demol.[1]
Morato finished his professional career at only 29, after spells with C.F. Os Belenenses, Gil Vicente F.C. (two years) and G.D. Estoril Praia.
International career
Morato earned six caps for Portugal, being picked for the squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup where he was an unused substitute.[2]
Personal life
Morato's father, also named António, was also an international footballer.[1]
Honours
- Primeira Liga: 1989–90
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1987
References
- 1 2 "Morato: o capitão do Sporting que foi parar às Antas" [Morato: the captain of Sporting that wound up at the Antas] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ↑ António Morato – FIFA competition record
External links
- António Morato at TheFinalBall.com
- António Morato at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- António Morato at National-Football-Teams.com
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