Mário Wilson

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Mário Wilson (born October 17, 1929 in Lourenço Marques, today's Maputo, Mozambique) is a retired football player and a former coach of the Portuguese squad, Académica de Coimbra, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães, among other football teams. As a player, he played for clubs such as Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Clube de Portugal. He earned the nickname of "O Velho Capitão" (Portuguese for: "The Old Captain"). After his retirement from professional football he started up businesses such as the health club Mr. Wilson and the Escola de Futebol Mr. Wilson (youth football school), in the Lisbon area.

In the 1975-76 season, he became the first Benfica's Portuguese football coach to win the Portuguese Football Championship title. In 1995/96, he won the Cup of Portugal, again with Benfica.

He was the national team coach during the Euro 1980 qualifyings, failing to progress to the main tournament.

Preceded by Juca	Portugal national football team manager 1978-1979	Succeeded by Juca
Preceded by Milorad "Miša" Pavic	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1979-80	Succeeded by Lajos Baroti
Preceded by Carlos Queiroz	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1995-96	Succeeded by Mário Reis

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