Joaquim Melo

Joaquim Melo
Personal information
Full name	Joaquim Alberto Castanheira de Melo
Date of birth	11 September 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Coimbra, Portugal
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Académica
1964–1967	União Coimbra
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1973	União Coimbra
1973–1977	Belenenses
1977–1981	Vitória Guimarães
1981–1984	Sporting CP
1984–1985	Belenenses
1985–1986	União Madeira
1986–1991	Estrela Amadora
Total
	*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

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.

Sporting

Estrela da Amadora

^ ^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.