Marião

Marião
Personal information
Full name Mário Gomes Amado
Date of birth (1952-08-03)3 August 1952
Place of birth Paraibuna, Brazil
Date of death 24 August 2011(2011-08-24) (aged 59)
Place of death São José dos Campos, Brazil
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972 São José-SP
1973 Operário-MS
1973–1974 Guarani
1974–1976 Operário-MS
1977 Náutico
1977 Internacional
1978 Náutico
1978–1980 São Paulo 50 (2)
1980–1982 Sport Recife
1982 Colorado-PR
1982 Jacareí
1983–1984 Sport Recife
1984–1985 Atlético Paranaense
1985 Operário-MT
1986 Taubaté
1986 Sport Recife
Managerial career
2006–2007 São José-SP
2008 Primeira Camisa
2009 Joseense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2024

Mário Gomes Amado (3 August 1952 – 24 August 2011), better known as Marião, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a centre-back.

Career

A central defender, he played for major Brazilian football clubs during the late 1970s, with emphasis on SC Internacional and São Paulo FC, where he was champion of the 1980 Campeonato Paulista.[1] He also won state titles with Sport in the early 80s. As a coach, he worked on teams in the city of São José dos Campos, being runner-up in Série A3 in 2006 with São José, and the first coach of Primeira Camisa, a project club by the player Roque Júnior.[2]

Honours

Operário-MS
São Paulo
Sport

Death

Marião died on 24 August 2011, aged 59, victim of a cardiac arrest.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Marião". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Nota de falecimento - Marião, zagueiro campeão paulista, faleceu na noite de ontem (24/08)". São Paulo FC (in Portuguese). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  • Marião at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)