Moisés (footballer, born 1948)

Moisés
Personal information
Full name	Moisés Matias de Andrade
Date of birth	January 10, 1948
Place of birth	Resende, Brazil
Date of death	August 26, 2008 (aged 60)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1968	Bonsucesso
1968	Flamengo
1968	Bonsucesso
1969–1971	Botafogo
1971–1976	Vasco da Gama
1976–1978	Corinthians
1978	Paris Saint-Germain
1978	Flamengo
1979	Fluminense
1979	Portuguesa de Desportos
1980–1983	Bangu
International career
1973	Brazil
Managerial career
1983–1986	Bangu
1987	Santa Cruz
1987–1988	Ceará
1989	Atlético Mineiro
1991	Belenenses
1992–1993	América
1993	Ceará
1994	Bangu
2006	Cabofriense
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moisés Matias de Andrade (January 10, 1948 – August 26, 2008), usually known simply as Moisés, was a professional footballer who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.

Playing career

Moisés was born in Resende, Rio de Janeiro state,^[2] on January 10, 1948,^[3] and started his career playing for Bonsucesso, then he moved to Flamengo in 1968, and returned in the same year to Bonsucesso.^[4] He played for Botafogo between 1969 and the beginning of 1971, participating in the 1968 Taça Brasil title, this edition of the championship that continued throughout 1969,^[5] and played from 1971 to 1976 for Vasco, where he won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1974.^[6] He then moved to Corinthians, helping the club win the Campeonato Paulista in 1977, bringing to an end the club's 23 years without winning the state championship.^[6] He played 122 games for Corinthians.^[7] Moisés briefly played for Paris Saint-Germain of France, before returning to Brazil to play again for Flamengo^[8] and was part of the 1978 Rio champion squad.^[9] In 1979, he played for Fluminense and in the same year he had a quick stint at Portuguesa de Desportos, then he moved to Bangu in the following year, retiring in 1983.^[4]

International career

Moisés played one game for the Brazilian team, against the Soviet Union, on June 21, 1973, at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.^[10]^[11]

Managerial career

After retiring, Moisés started a managerial career.^[8] He was Bangu's head coach when the club finished as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up in 1985,^[8] as well as that year's Campeonato Carioca runner-up.^[12] Besides managing Bangu, he was also manager of several other clubs, such as Santa Cruz, Ceará, Atlético Mineiro, América and Belenenses, of Portugal.^[8] In 2008, he worked as Cabofriense's management coordinator.^[2]

Death

Moisés died on August 26, 2008, in Rio de Janeiro,^[13] of lung cancer.^[3] He was buried at Cemitério São João Batista, in Botafogo neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro.^[3]