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António Morato (footballer, born 1937)

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António Morato
Personal information
Full name António Henriques Morato[1]
Date of birth (1937-03-20)20 March 1937[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death 19 June 2025(2025-06-19) (aged 88)
Place of death Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1954–1956 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1965 Sporting CP 80 (0)
1963–1964 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 24 (1)
1965–1966 Lusitano Évora 11 (0)
1966–1967 Barreirense
1967–1968 Oriental
Total 115 (1)
International career
1961 Portugal 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

António Henriques Morato (20 March 1937 – 19 June 2025) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

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Born in Lisbon, Morato spent seven seasons in the Primeira Liga with local club Sporting CP. In 1961–62, he contributed 21 appearances to help the team win the national championship, the only one of his career.[2]

In the top division, Morato also represented Vitória de Setúbal and Lusitano de Évora. He retired in 1968, aged 31.[3]

International career

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Morato's only cap for the Portugal national side arrived on 8 October 1961, in a 4–2 away loss against Luxembourg in the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[4][5]

Personal life and death

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Morato's son, also named António, was also an international footballer.[6] The former died following a long illness on 19 June 2025, at the age of 88.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b António Morato at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Torres, Carlos (15 May 2021). "Os 21 episódios mais insólitos entre Benfica e Sporting" [The 21 most unheard-of episodes between Benfica and Sporting] (in Portuguese). Sábado. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Granada, Ricardo (19 June 2025). "Morreu António Morato, antigo jogador do Sporting nas décadas de 50 e 60" [Death of António Morato, former Sporting player in the 50s and 60s]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Há 50 anos, Portugal estreia Eusébio… e falha Mundial-62" [50 years ago, Portugal hand debut to Eusébio... and miss World Cup-62]. i (in Portuguese). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
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