Mariano Amaro | |
Fullname: | Mariano Rodrigues Amaro |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1914 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Death Place: | Portugal |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Sport Adicense |
Years1: | 1934–1948 |
Caps1: | 213 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1937–1947 |
Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Mariano Rodrigues Amaro (7 August 1914 – 22 May 1987) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.
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]
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]