Career
Born in Matosinhos, Machado joined his home-town club,, at the age of 21. Due to an injury in Germano, he played 37 games in the centre of a WM formation, winning the league title and losing the European Cup Final. In the next season, he lost his starting position to Luciano, playing the majority of his games in the domestic cup, which the club successfully conquered.
After a one-year on the right side of the WM formation, Machado easily adapted to the more common 4–4–2 in 1965 and played four more seasons at.
He partnered with Germano and later Jacinto Santos, winning three more league titles and losing a third European Cup Final. With the rapid rise of Humberto Coelho, he left in 1969 with 193 matches and seven goals, retiring after a last season at.
Machado received 11 caps for the national team in a six-year spell. He was first called up by manager José Maria Antunes in 1962, to play the preliminary round of the 1964 European Nations" Cup qualifying against Bulgaria.
He played both legs, on 7 November and 16 December, but Bulgaria progressed after a 1–0 on replay.