Henrique Campora

{{Short description|Uruguayan footballer (1945-2010)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{family name hatnote|Campora|Carmo|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Henrique Campora

| image =

| fullname = Henrique Raul Campora Carmo{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/henrique-campora/|title=Henrique Campora|website=worldfootball.net}}

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|7|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Uruguay

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|9|7|1945|7|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Portugal

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1965–1969

| clubs1 = Nacional

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1970

| clubs2 = Sport Recife

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1970–1972

| clubs3 = Barreirense

| caps3 = 43

| goals3 = 12

| years4 = 1972–1975

| clubs4 = Vitória de Setúbal

| caps4 = 65

| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 1975–1979

| clubs5 = Barreirense

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| totalcaps = 108+

| totalgoals = 24+

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Henrique Raul Campora Carmo (6 July 1945 – 7 September 2010) was an Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a midfielder between 1965 and 1979. He started his career in Uruguay with Club Nacional, and spent time in Brazil with Sport Recife, before moving to Portugal and playing in the Portuguese leagues with Barreirense and Vitória de Setúbal.

Career

Campora spent his early career with Nacional, Sport Recife and Barreirense.

Campora signed to Vitória de Setúbal in 1972 when the club finished second in the Primeira Liga.{{cite web |last1=Paulo Claro |title=Campeonato da Ia Divisão 1938– |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portchamp.html |access-date=22 March 2021 |website=RSSSF |date=8 October 2020}} He then helped the club reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1972–73 season scoring a goal against Tottenham Hotspur when the won their final game 2–1; the club were knocked out on away goals.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64291--setubal-vs-tottenham/ |title=Setubal 2–1 Tottenham |website=UEFA |access-date=17 April 2021}}

He finished his career at Barreirense.

After football Campora worked in civil construction before he died on 7 September 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.rostos.pt/inicio2.asp?cronica=60871 |title=Faleceu Henrique Campora - Barreiro Futebolista do FC Barreirense e Vitória de Setúbal |website=rostos.pt |accessdate=17 April 2021 }}

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