Mário Wilson

Mário Wilson

Personal information
Date of birth	October 17, 1929 (1929-10-17)
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1949–1951	Sporting Clube de Portugal
1951–1963	Académica de Coimbra
Teams managed
1964–1969	Académica de Coimbra
1969–1970	Belenenses
1971	Tirsense
1971–1975	Vitória S.C.
1975–1976	Benfica
1976–1977	Boavista
1977–1979	Vitória S.C.
1978–1980	Portugal
1979–1980	Benfica
1980–1983	Académica de Coimbra
1983–1984	G.D. Estoril-Praia
1984	Boavista
1984–1986	G.D. Estoril-Praia
1986–1987	Cova da Piedade
1987–1988	Louletano
1988–1989	Torreense
1989	Louletano
1989–1990	Olhanense
1990–1991	R.D. Águeda
1993–1995	FAR Rabat
1995–1996	Benfica
1997	Benfica
1997–1999	Alverca
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mário Wilson (born October 17, 1929 in Lourenço Marques, today's Maputo, Mozambique) is a retired football player and a former coach of the Portuguese squad, Académica de Coimbra, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães, among other football teams. As a player, he played for clubs such as Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Clube de Portugal. He earned the nickname of "O Velho Capitão" (Portuguese for: "The Old Captain"). After his retirement from professional football he started up businesses such as the health club Mr. Wilson and the Escola de Futebol Mr. Wilson (youth football school), in the Lisbon area.

In the 1975–76 season, he became the first Benfica's Portuguese football coach to win the Portuguese Football Championship title. In 1995/96, he won the Cup of Portugal, again with Benfica.

He was the national team coach during the Euro 1980 qualifyings, failing to progress to the main tournament.

References

Preceded by Milorad "Miša" Pavic	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1979–80	Succeeded by Lajos Baroti
Preceded by Carlos Queiroz	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1995–96	Succeeded by Mário Reis