Mariano Amaro

Mariano Rodrigues Amaro (7 August 1914 – 22 May 1987) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.

Mariano Amaro
Personal information
Full name Mariano Rodrigues Amaro
Date of birth (1914-08-07)7 August 1914
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death 22 May 1987(1987-05-22) (aged 72)
Place of death Portugal
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sport Adicense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1948 Belenenses 213 (3)
International career
1937–1947 Portugal 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Amaro was born in Lisbon. He spent his entire career with local club C.F. Os Belenenses, always in the Primeira Liga.[1]

In the 1945–46 season, captain Amaro contributed 22 appearances as the team won the national championship for the first and only time in their history.[2]

International career

Amaro earned the first of his 19 caps for Portugal on 28 November 2017, in a 2–1 friendly win against Spain in Vigo. Before that match he, alongside teammates João Azevedo, Artur Quaresma and José Simões, refused to perform the fascist salute, being subsequently questioned by PIDE.[3]

See also

References
  1. "23/05/1987 – Morte de Mariano Amaro (Capitão da equipa campeã em 1946)" [23/05/1987 – Death of Mariano Amaro (Captain of the champion team in 1946)] (in Portuguese). C.F. Os Belenenses. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. Teixeira, Jorge Miguel. "Portugal 1945–46". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. De Melo, Afonso (14 June 2018). "Portugal-Espanha. "Franco! Franco! Franco! Salazar! Salazar! Salazar!"" [Portugal-Spain. "Franco! Franco! Franco! Salazar! Salazar! Salazar!"]. i (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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