Joaquim Melo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquim Alberto Castanheira de Melo | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Coimbra, Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Académica | |||
| 1964–1967 | União Coimbra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1973 | União Coimbra | 27 | (0) |
| 1973–1977 | Belenenses | 85 | (0) |
| 1977–1981 | Vitória Guimarães | 88 | (0) |
| 1981–1984 | Sporting CP | 9 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Belenenses | 16 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | União Madeira | 33 | (0) |
| 1986–1991 | Estrela Amadora | 110 | (0) |
| Total | 368 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joaquim Alberto Castanheira de Melo (born 11 September 1949) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
[edit]Born in Coimbra, Melo appeared in 276 Primeira Liga matches over 15 seasons, representing in the competition C.F. União de Coimbra, C.F. Os Belenenses (two stints), Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP and C.F. Estrela da Amadora. In 1981–82, he contributed two appearances to help Sporting win the national championship as backup to Ferenc Mészáros.[1]
Melo was in goal during the 1990 Taça de Portugal Final, as Estrela won its first and only trophy after defeating S.C. Farense 2–0 in the replay match.[2] After 24 games in the following league campaign (the team finished third from bottom and could not avoid relegation), he retired at the age of 41.
Honours
[edit]Sporting
Estrela da Amadora
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Época 1981/82: Primeira Divisão" [1981/82 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ a b Marques, Sara (1 June 2015). "O dia em que o Estrela da Amadora venceu a Taça de Portugal" [The day Estrela da Amadora won the Portuguese Cup] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Joaquim Melo at ForaDeJogo (archived)