Mário Wilson

Mário Wilson
Personal information
Full name Mário Wilson
Date of birth (1929-10-17)17 October 1929
Place of birth Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Date of death 3 October 2016(2016-10-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s) Centre back, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1949 Desportivo Lourenço Marques
1949–1951 Sporting CP 36 (37)
1951–1963 Académica 250 (15)
Total 286 (52)
Managerial career
1964–1968 Académica
1968–1970 Belenenses
1971 Tirsense
1971–1975 Vitória Guimarães
1975–1976 Benfica
1976–1977 Boavista
1977–1979 Vitória Guimarães
1978–1980 Portugal
1979–1980 Benfica
1980–1983 Académica
1983–1984 Estoril
1984 Boavista
1984–1986 Estoril
1986–1987 Cova Piedade
1987–1988 Louletano
1988–1989 Torreense
1989 Louletano
1989–1990 Olhanense
1990–1991 Águeda
1993–1995 FAR Rabat
1995–1996 Benfica
1997 Benfica (caretaker)
1997–1999 Alverca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mário Wilson ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: ['maɾju]; 17 October 1929 – 3 October 2016) was a Portuguese football player and manager.

A central defender or forward, he appeared in 286 Primeira Liga matches over 14 seasons, mainly in representation of Académica. He also played for Desportivo de Lourenço Marques and Sporting CP. Subsequently, Wilson embarked in a lengthy managerial career in the country, which lasted more than 30 years and also included two spells at his main club, and a record five at Benfica.