Mauro (footballer, born 1990)

Mauro
	Mauro lining up for Braga in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Mauro Silva Sousa
Date of birth	31 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Livramento, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Goianiense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Goianiense
2011–2012	Gil Vicente
2012–2015	Braga B
2012–2018	Braga
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauro Silva Sousa (born 31 October 1990 in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia), known simply as Mauro, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He spent his entire professional career in Portugal after starting out at Atlético Clube Goianiense, representing Primeira Liga clubs Gil Vicente F.C. and S.C. Braga. On 3 June 2018, aged only 27, he was forced to retire due a serious knee injury contracted in late November 2016 that led to a bacterial infection.^[1]^[2]

Honours

Braga

^ "Mauro tem lesão grave e a época está em risco" [Mauro has serious injury and season is at risk]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 November 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Mauro (Sp. Braga) acaba carreira aos 27 anos: "Podia ter morrido"" [Mauro (Sp. Braga) ends career at the age of 27: «I could have died»] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.