Mário Wilson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mário Wilson | ||
Date of birth | 17 October 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||
Date of death | 3 October 2016 | (aged 86)||
Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Position(s) |
Centre back, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1949 |
Desportivo Lourenço Marques | ||
1949–1951 | Sporting CP | 36 | (37) |
1951–1963 |
Académica | 250 | (15) |
Total | 286 | (52) | |
Managerial career | |||
1964–1968 |
Académica | ||
1968–1970 | Belenenses | ||
1971 | Tirsense | ||
1971–1975 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
1975–1976 | Benfica | ||
1976–1977 | Boavista | ||
1977–1979 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
1978–1980 | Portugal | ||
1979–1980 | Benfica | ||
1980–1983 |
Académica | ||
1983–1984 |
Estoril | ||
1984 | Boavista | ||
1984–1986 |
Estoril | ||
1986–1987 | Cova Piedade | ||
1987–1988 | Louletano | ||
1988–1989 | Torreense | ||
1989 | Louletano | ||
1989–1990 | Olhanense | ||
1990–1991 | Águeda | ||
1993–1995 |
FAR Rabat | ||
1995–1996 | Benfica | ||
1997 | Benfica (caretaker) | ||
1997–1999 | Alverca | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mário Wilson ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: ['maɾju]; 17 October 1929 – 3 October 2016) was a Portuguese football player and manager.
A
Playing career
Born in
After two years at the
Coaching career
Wilson began working as a coach one year after retiring, spending his first five years with Académica – which he led to a best-ever second position in
In the late 70s, Wilson accumulated duties at
Wilson replaced fired
Wilson's last coaching job was in
Personal life and death
Wilson's son, also named Mário (born 1954), was also a footballer. A midfielder, he too played for Académica and Benfica (only 11 matches over three seasons with the latter), competing professionally from 1973 to 1986.[9][10] His daughter Ana was crowned Miss Portugal in 1982, while his grandson Bruno played youth football for Sporting.[11]
Wilson died on 3 October 2016 in Lisbon aged 86.[12][13][4]
Honours
Player
Sporting
Manager
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1975–76[14]
- Taça de Portugal: 1979–80, 1995–96[14]
Individual
Orders
Commander of the Order of Merit[14]
References
- ISBN 978-989-655-005-9.
- ^ a b "In A Bola: Capitão Mário Wilson já tem 80 anos" [In A Bola: Captain Mário Wilson is already 80] (in Portuguese). Pardalitos do Choupal. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Pataco, Miguel (3 October 2016). "Morreu Mário Wilson" [Mário Wilson has died]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b García, Carlos (5 October 2016). "El fútbol dice adiós a Mário Wilson, el creador del "tiki-taka" portugués" [Football bids farewell to Mário Wilson, the creator of the Portuguese "tiki-taka"]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Perfil: uma carreira com 548 jogos no primeiro escalão" [Profile: a career with 548 matches in the top flight]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Mário Wilson com novas funções no Alverca" [Mário Wilson with new job at Alverca]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 June 1999. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Estágio para futebolistas sem clube" [Training camp for footballers without a club]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 25 June 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Raínho, Pedro (3 October 2016). "Morreu Mário Wilson, o capitão do futebol português" [Death of Mário Wilson, the captain of Portuguese football]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Mário Wilson, filho, viu uma Académica transfigurada" [Mário Wilson, son, saw Académica with extreme makeover] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Mário Wilson". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Peniche, Luís (10 October 2016). "Mário Wilson – Recorde o "velho capitão"" [Mário Wilson – Remember the "old captain"] (in Portuguese). VIP. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Faleceu Mário Wilson" [Mário Wilson has died] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Morreu Mário Wilson, ex-futebolista, treinador e seleccionador" [Mário Wilson, former footballer, coach and national team manager, has died]. Público (in Portuguese). 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d Pedro, Fernanda (3 October 2016). "Morreu Mário Wilson, o primeiro técnico português campeão pelo Benfica" [Mário Wilson, the first Portuguese coach champion for Benfica, has died]. O Jornal Económico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 October 2016.
Further reading
- Rias, Carlos (May 2012). Mário Wilson, o velho capitão [Mário Wilson, the old captain] (First ed.). Prime Books. ISBN 978-989-655-131-5.
External links
- Mário Wilson at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Mário Wilson manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Mário Wilson coach profile at Soccerway