Mário Teixeira da Costa (born 24 November 1970), known as Marinho, is a retired Portuguese

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who played as a

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. During a 13-year professional career he amassed

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totals of 112 games and two goals in 11 seasons, representing five clubs including Sporting and Benfica.

Club career

Born in

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to Portuguese parents, Marinho returned to the land of his ancestors and joined

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

's youth system at the age of 13. Initially a

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, he made his competitive debut on 8 March 1989 in a game against

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for the

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, after coming on as a substitute for

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. In the following year, manager

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converted Marinho into a

, where he went on to appear in most of his 81 competitive games, eventually beating competition from

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. However, after playing in only ten league games in his last two seasons combined, he signed for crosstown rivals

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in 1995 as a replacement for

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. He played his first game for Benfica in a home draw against Salgueiros on 6 September 1995 and went on to make 24 appearances in all competitions, helping them win the

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. He remained in starting eleven in 1996–97, appearing in 21 games. but with the rise of

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in the following year, he was deemed surplus to

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and joined fellow

side

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. He featured rarely for that team and his following, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, this being interspersed by two years of inactivity.

International career

Marinho represented the under-21 side of the national team at the

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, playing three games and helping them win the competition.

Honours

;Sporting *

: 1994–95 ;Benfica *

: 1995–96

References

General * Specific

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinho 1970 births Living people German people of Portuguese descent Citizens of Portugal through descent Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP footballers S.L. Benfica footballers S.C. Campomaiorense players F.C. Alverca players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players People from Singen Sportspeople from Freiburg (region)