Francisco Moreira

Francisco Moreira
Personal information
Date of birth	29 April 1915
Place of birth	Portugal
Date of death	2 November 1991 (aged 76)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
–1944	Barreirense
1944–1949	Benfica
International career
1945–1948	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Moreira (29 April 1915 – 2 November 1991) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Moreira began playing club football with F.C. Barreirense. Late in his career, he joined S.L. Benfica where he would win the league title.^[1]

Moreira gained 7 caps and scored 1 goal for Portugal, and made his debut 6 May 1945 in A Coruña against Spain in a 2–4 defeat.

Benfica^[2]

^ "100 anos: Francisco Moreira: OUTROS GRANDES JOGADORES - IV" (in Portuguese). Record. 9 January 2004.
^ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 43. ISSN 0872-3540.

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