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. 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.

Honours

Operário-MS

• Campeonato Mato-Grossense: 1974

São Paulo

• Campeonato Paulista: 1980

Sport

• Campeonato Pernambucano: 1981, 1982

Death

Marião died on 24 August 2011, aged 59, victim of a cardiac arrest.

External links

• Marião at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)