Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva (7 September 1950 – 28 November 2016), known as Mário Sérgio, was a Brazilian
football
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player and manager. He later became a commentator for
Fox Sports Brazil, which he joined at the channel's inception in 2012. He died in the
LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo,
La Unión, Antioquia
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, while travelling with the
Chapecoense football squad for the Copa Sudamericana finals on 28 November 2016.
Career
Playing career
Mário Sérgio began his career in football with local club
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...
, although he didn't make a first team appearance for the team. After two years at the club, the Brazilian midfielder moved north from Rio to
Salvador based club
Vitória where he made over 80 league appearances, and won the
Campeonato Baiano
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2020 format
First stage:
10 teams are included in one group, playing once only against all teams i ...
league in 1972, in his five-year stint with the club. In 1975, the Brazilian was transferred for the second time in his career, this time to his former club, Flamengo's rivals:
Fluminense
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. The midfielder, played fourteen times in his two years back in Rio, which included a second league title win of his career after his team secured the
Campeonato Carioca
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title in 1975. But he soon began transferring to eight clubs across Brazil and one in
Argentina
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,
Rosario Central
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, for the next decade where he stayed for a maximum of three years.
During this time, Sérgio made his international début for Brazil in 1981 and picked up a number of honours at club level, including: a
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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league title in 1979, the highest league in Brazilian football; two
Campeonato Gaúcho
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league titles in 1981 and 1984 and an
Intercontinental Cup with
Grêmio in 1983 after his side beat
Hamburger SV
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2–1.
After a brief spell in
Europe
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with
Swiss
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team
AC Bellinzona
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, the Brazilian moved back to Brazil with
Esporte Clube Bahia
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in 1987 where he would make one final league appearance before retiring that year.
Managerial career
After retiring in 1987, Sérgio embarked on a career in coaching with roles at his former clubs Vitória and São Paulo as well as with
Corinthians
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,
Atlético Paranaense
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and
Atlético Mineiro
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*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
.
In 2007, Mário Sérgio assumed control of
Figueirense Futebol Clube
Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian f ...
.
Sérgio, however would only stay there for six months where he led his team to the final of the
Copa do Brasil
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before losing in the final 2–1 on aggregate to
Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...
.
But, unable to maintain this consistency, he left his role later that year.
Only weeks after leaving the club, Sérgio found a new managerial job, this time with Botafogo, a club he had played for as a player.
The job would only last until early the following month after he had only managed the team for three league matches: all of them losses.
In 2008, after briefly working as
Atlético Paranaense
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's manager, on 16 September he was hired as Figueirense's manager.
Portuguesa had sacked coach Estevam Soares and hired the former Figueirense coach. On 6 March 2009 Portuguesa officials fired the coach after five wins, five draws and two losses.
On 5 October 2009, Sérgio was announced as
Internacional
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new coach. He remained with the team until the end of the
2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, where Inter finished as runners-up to
Flamengo
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. Sérgio's contract was not renewed for 2010, and he wound up hired by
Ceará
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. By September, with Ceará only at 11th in the Brasileirão, Sérgio was fired.
Honours
Player
;Flamengo
*
Taça Guanabara
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: 1970
;Vitória
*
Campeonato Baiano
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2020 format
First stage:
10 teams are included in one group, playing once only against all teams i ...
: 1972
;Fluminense
*
Campeonato Carioca
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: 1975, 1976
;São Paulo
*
Campeonato Paulista
The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...
: 1981
;Internacional
*
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
:
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
*
Campeonato Gaúcho
The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...
: 1981, 1984
*
Kirin Cup
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: 1984
;Grêmio
*
Intercontinental Cup:
1983
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Events January
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References
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1950 births
2016 deaths
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Brazilian football managers
CR Flamengo footballers
Esporte Clube Vitória players
Fluminense FC players
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
Rosario Central footballers
São Paulo FC players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Sport Club Internacional players
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players
AC Bellinzona players
Esporte Clube Bahia players
Esporte Clube Vitória managers
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista managers
São Paulo FC managers
Club Athletico Paranaense managers
Associação Desportiva São Caetano managers
Clube Atlético Mineiro managers
Figueirense FC managers
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas managers
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers
Sport Club Internacional managers
Ceará Sporting Club managers
Victims of the LaMia Flight 2933 crash
Association football midfielders
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)