Marinho (footballer, born 1943)

Marinho
Personal information
Full name	Mário da Silva Mateus
Date of birth	3 September 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1958–1962	Atlético
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1967	Atlético
1967–1977	Sporting CP
1977	Toronto First Portuguese
1977–1978	Marítimo
1978–1980	Estoril
1979	→ Toronto Blizzard (loan)
1979	Toronto First Portuguese
International career
1969–1975	Portugal
Managerial career
1980–1982	Sporting CP (assistant)
1982–1983	Sporting CP (youth)
1983–1984	Sporting CP (assistant)
1984	Sporting CP
1985–1986	Portugal (assistant)
1987	Sporting CP
1990–1991	Atlético
1993	Atlético
1996–1997	Odivelas
1999	Atlético
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mário da Silva Mateus (born 3 September 1943), commonly known as Marinho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Marinho started his career with local Atlético Clube de Portugal, making his Primeira Liga debut in the 1962–63 season and suffering relegation as second from bottom. Three of the following four years with the club were spent in the second division.

From 1966 until his retirement, 14 years later, Marinho only competed in the top level, with Atlético, Sporting CP, C.S. Marítimo and G.D. Estoril Praia. In the 1969–70 campaign, whilst with the second side, he scored a career-best 14 goals in 26 games to win the first of his two national championships; in 1979, he had a brief spell with the Toronto Blizzard of the North American Soccer League.^[1] For the remainder of the 1979 season he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese, and he previously played with First Portuguese for two months in 1977.^[2]^[3]

Marinho later took up coaching, being mainly associated with Sporting in various capacities. He acted as caretaker manager to the first team on two separate seasons, winning one match and drawing three in his four games in charge.^[4]

International career

Marinho earned five caps for Portugal, during six years. His first came on 2 November 1969, in a 1–1 away draw against Switzerland for the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

**Marinho: International goals**
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 April 1975	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France	France	0–2	0–2	Friendly^[5]

Personal life

Marinho's grandson, Mário Mateus, was also a footballer.^[6]

References

^ Marinho (Maio Silva Mateus); at NASL Jerseys
^ Habib, Marlene (25 June 1979). "Marinho loses bitter feelings over being let go by Blizzard". The Globe and Mail. p. S9.
^ Krivel, Peter (15 March 1979). "One more big scorer for Blizzard". Toronto Star. p. E3.
^ Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados (Coaches in football and titles won) Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Diário de Notícias, 26 August 2008 (in Portuguese)
^ França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese)
^ 'Clã Mateus' deixa marca no Atlético ('Mateus clan' leaves their mark at Atlético); SAPO, 11 September 2011 (in Portuguese)

External links

Marinho at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Marinho manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Marinho at National-Football-Teams.com
Marinho at EU-Football.info
Marinho at WorldFootball.net

[1] Marinho (Maio Silva Mateus); at NASL Jerseys

[2] Habib, Marlene (25 June 1979). "Marinho loses bitter feelings over being let go by Blizzard". The Globe and Mail. p. S9.

[3] Krivel, Peter (15 March 1979). "One more big scorer for Blizzard". Toronto Star. p. E3.

[4] Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados (Coaches in football and titles won) Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Diário de Notícias, 26 August 2008 (in Portuguese)

[5] França: Uma parceira implacável (France: A ruthless partner); Record, 11 October 2014 (in Portuguese)

[6] 'Clã Mateus' deixa marca no Atlético ('Mateus clan' leaves their mark at Atlético); SAPO, 11 September 2011 (in Portuguese)

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