Mário João Sousa Alves (born 6 June 1935), known as Mário João, is a retired Portuguese
footballer
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who played as a
right or left back.
He appeared in 166
Primeira Liga matches during ten seasons, scoring 11 goals.
Club career
Born in
Barreiro Barreiro may refer to:
People
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Places
* Barreiro, Portugal
** Barreiro Municipality, a mu ...
,
Setúbal District
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Geography
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, Mário João started and finished his 14-year senior career with
G.D. CUF, beginning as a
forward. In between, he spent seven years with
S.L. Benfica
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Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...
in the
Primeira Liga, appearing in 89 competitive matches and winning six major titles, including both of the
European Cup finals in the early 60's, against
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
and
Real Madrid.
Mário João retired in 1968, aged 33. He was never a full-time professional footballer, earning the vast majority of his wages from the
Companhia União Fabril The Companhia União Fabril (CUF) was one of the largest and oldest Portuguese conglomerates from the 1930s to 1974 and later a chemical corporation which was by then a part of Grupo José de Mello founded in 1988. After many acquisitions, mergers ...
.
International career
Mário João won three
caps
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for
Portugal
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, in four years. His first arrived on 22 May 1960, in a 1–5 away defeat against with
Yugoslavia
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for the
1960 European Nations' Cup
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qualifiers.
Honours
Benfica
*
Primeira Liga:
1959–60,
1960–61
*
Taça de Portugal
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: 1958–59, 1961–62
*
European Cup:
1960–61,
1961–62
References
External links
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1935 births
Living people
Footballers from Barreiro, Portugal
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
G.D. Fabril players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Portugal men's international footballers
Portuguese football managers
UEFA Champions League winning players