António Morato (footballer, born 1964)

António Morato
Personal information
Full name	António Maurício Farinha Henriques Morato
Date of birth	6 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1978–1983	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1989	Sporting CP
1989–1990	Porto
1990–1991	Belenenses
1991–1993	Gil Vicente
1993	Estoril
1994	Fanhões
1995–1996	Desportivo Beja
Total
International career
1985–1990	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

António Maurício Farinha Henriques Morato (born 6 November 1964) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career[edit]

Relatively short for the position, Lisbon-born Morato quickly imposed himself at local Sporting CP, being an undisputed starter from the age of 19 onwards and making nearly 200 competitive appearances for the capital club before he reached 25. During his spell, he formed a pair of youth graduate stoppers alongside Pedro Venâncio.^[1]^[2]

Morato then moved to another Primeira Liga side in the summer of 1989, 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.^[3]

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[edit]

Morato earned six caps for Portugal, being picked for the squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup where he was an unused substitute.^[4]

Personal life[edit]

Morato's father, also named António, was also an international footballer.^[3]

Honours[edit]

Sporting CP

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1987

Porto

Primeira Liga: 1989–90

References[edit]

^ "Carlos Queiroz, Manuel José e Pedro Gomes analisam época natalícia do Sporting" [Carlos Queiroz, Manuel José and Pedro Gomes comment on Sporting' Christmas season]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 December 1999. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Almeida, Isaura (19 November 2017). "O campeão pelos leões que podia ter mais 200 mil euros na conta" [The lions' champion who could have 200 thousand euros more in his account]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Magalhães, Magda (7 May 2014). "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. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

External links[edit]

António Morato at ForaDeJogo (archived)
António Morato national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
António Morato at National-Football-Teams.com
António Morato – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] "Carlos Queiroz, Manuel José e Pedro Gomes analisam época natalícia do Sporting" [Carlos Queiroz, Manuel José and Pedro Gomes comment on Sporting' Christmas season]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 December 1999. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[2] Almeida, Isaura (19 November 2017). "O campeão pelos leões que podia ter mais 200 mil euros na conta" [The lions' champion who could have 200 thousand euros more in his account]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[MF-3] Magalhães, Magda (7 May 2014). "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. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

[4] "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

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