| Mariano Dias | |
| Birth Date: | 1960 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Goa, India |
| Currentclub: | Salgaocar F.C. (assistant Coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Goa |
| Years1: | 1981–1989 |
| Clubs1: | Salgaocar |
| Years2: | 1989–1993 |
| Clubs2: | MRF FC |
| Years3: | 1993–1994 |
| Clubs3: | Churchill Brothers |
| Nationalyears1: | 1985–1988 |
| Nationalteam1: | India |
| Manageryears1: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs1: | India U14 |
| Manageryears2: | 2008–2010 |
| Managerclubs2: | SESA |
| Manageryears3: | 2010 |
| Managerclubs3: | Goa |
| Manageryears4: | 2011–2012 |
| Managerclubs4: | India (assistant manager) |
| Manageryears5: | 2012—2014 |
| Managerclubs5: | Churchill Brothers |
| Manageryears6: | 2014 |
| Managerclubs6: | FC Goa (Head of Youth development) |
| Manageryears7: | 2014— |
| Managerclubs7: | Salgaocar F.C. (assistant coach) |
Mariano Dias (born 10 February 1960) is an Indian football coach and former player who is the head coach for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League.
Dias started his footballing career in 1981 for Salgaocar S.C. and stayed till 1989 when he moved to MRF FC.[1] He stayed at MRF till 1993 and he signed with Churchill Brothers. He stayed at Churchill Brothers till he retired one year later in 1994.[1]
Dias started coaching the India U14 football team in 2007 during the 2007 AFC U14 Festival.[2] He stayed with India U14 for one year. In 2008 Dias signed with SESA Football Academy.[1] He coached SESA during the 2009 I-League 2nd Division in which SESA failed to gain promotion.[3] Dias then signed with the Goa Football Association to coach the Goa football team during the 2009 Santosh Trophy tournament which Goa Won after a long time. Later for the 2010 Santosh Trophy.[4] The team managed to reach the semi-finals where the club lost 3–4 on penalties to West Bengal.[5] After coaching Goa, Dias signed with former club as a player, Salgaocar, to become the Senior Director of Football.[6] On 25 November 2011 it was announced that Dias had been appointed as assistant manager of the India national football team.[7]
On 13 July 2012 it was announced that Dias had been signed by the Churchill Brothers to become their new head coach.[4] He was instrumental in Churchill brothers winning the I league for 2013 as head Coach. In 2014 Mariano Dias single-handedly coached Churchill brothers to their first Federation Cup Win.[8] [9] Mariano was again in the limelight when he managed to assist Churchill Brothers Team to survive relegation from the I-League in the last 3 matches. https://lynxsolution.com/goalfest/2014/04/bhowmick-sacked-by-churchill-bros-mariano-dias/. He also revived the club in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Cup, Asian football second tier club competition.http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2014/05/06/4798492/churchill-look-to-establish-new-order. https://web.archive.org/web/20140506163447/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-all-news/28271-afc-cup-md6-new-radiant-1-2-churchill-brothers.html
Statistics accurate as of 17 February 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
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| width=40 | G | width=40 | W | width=40 | D | width=40 | L | width=50 | Win % |
| Churchill Brothers | 13 July 2012 | present | |||||||
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Churchill Brothers