The former player of the Portuguese national team, Joao Moutinho, played the 1000th game in his professional career.
Idman.biz reports that the anniversary of the 37-year-old midfielder, who wore the uniform of Braga, the opponent of Azerbaijan champion Qarabag in the playoffs of the European League, coincided with the meeting with Porto.
Moutinho, who started his career 20 years ago, scored 259 in Sporting (2004-10), 140 in Porto (2010-13), 219 in Monaco (2013-18), 212 in Wolverhampton (2018-23), He played 24 matches in "Braga" (since 2023), and 146 matches in the national team (2005-22). He won 593 chances in national championships at the club level, 64 times in national cups, 146 times in international tournaments, and 51 times in other competitions.
Moutinho became the 22nd player to play 1000 matches in football history. He is the 2nd Portuguese in this list after Cristiano Ronaldo. He is the 6th player to reach 1000 games in XXI century. Until then, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Fabio, Dani Alves (both Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Luka Modric (Croatia) have achieved this.
It should be noted that on Moutinho's anniversary, his team lost 0:2.
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