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)
National team
1937–1947 Portugal 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 with 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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