Mário Jardel

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is De Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
Mario Jardel

Jardel training with Newcastle United Jets
Personal information
Full nameMário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro
Date of birth18 September 1973
Place of birthFortaleza, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1989–1990Ferroviário0(0)
1991–1995Vasco da Gama50(26)
1995–1996Grêmio73(67)
1996–2000Porto125(130)
2000–2001Galatasaray24(22)
2001–2003Sporting CP49(53)
2003–2004Bolton Wanderers7(0)
2004→ Ancona (loan)3(0)
2004Newell's Old Boys3(0)
2005Deportivo Alavés0(0)
2005–2006Goiás4(1)
2006–2007Beira-Mar12(3)
2007Anorthosis Famagusta7(2)
2007–2008Newcastle Jets11(0)
2008Criciúma17(6)
2009Ferroviário6(5)
2009América (CE)11(8)
2010Flamengo (PI)16(12)
2010Cherno More8(1)
2011Al Taawon17(18)
Total443(345)
National team
1993Brazil U201(0)
1996–2001Brazil10(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmaɾiu ʒaʁˈdɛw]; born 18 September 1973) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. Jardel was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. He was a legend for Grêmio, playing a major part in the squad that won the 1995 Copa Libertadores. With his exceptional positioning ability, he was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers during his time at FC Porto, Galatasaray, and Sporting CP, scoring 266 goals in 274 games for those clubs.

After leaving Sporting in 2003, at 29 years old, Jardel had a succession of brief and unsuccessful stints at clubs in England, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Argentina and Australia. He then played several smaller clubs in Brazil before retiring in 2011.

Jardel made his debut for the Brazil national football team in 1996, making a total of 10 appearances and being selected for the 2001 Copa America.

Club career

Brazil

Jardel played first for Vasco da Gama, but moved in 1995 to Grêmio, where he won the 1995 Copa Libertadores.

Porto

In 1996, he was linked to several teams, and after failing to transfer to Benfica and Rangers (due to the strict British rules involving non-EU players), he signed with Portuguese side FC Porto, where with help from players such as Zlatko Zahovič, Sérgio Conceição, and Ljubinko Drulović, he was the top goalscorer in Europe for three years (1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02), with a goal average of slightly over one goal per match (130 goals in 125 games, avg: 1.04). Although he was top scorer three times, due to the use of coefficients based on each European league's standards, he only won twice, the 1998–99 and 2001–02 European Golden Boots. He lost out to Kevin Phillips in 1999–2000 despite Phillips having scored six fewer goals than Jardel.

Porto Statistics:
Club Season Portuguese Liga Portuguese Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto 1996–97 313063844537
1997–98 302628533737
1998–99 323600623838
1999–00 32384613104954
Total 12513012173219169166

Galatasaray

Before the 2000–01 season he was sold to the Turkish club Galatasaray, winners of UEFA Cup in 2000 as the club activated his release clause.[1][2]

Scoring five goals in his debut match suggested he would adapt well to his new club, but towards the end of the season injuries and growing personal problems hinted he was soon going to leave Turkey. Regardless, he was part of the Galatasaray team that won the UEFA Super Cup, himself scoring twice to beat Real Madrid 2–1 in the SuperCup final, and reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with Jardel scoring six goals in the competition in victories against teams such as Milan and Real Madrid. He ended the season with 22 goals.

Galatasaray Statistics:
Club Season Turkish League Turkish Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galatasaray 2000–01 24222117114334
Total 24222117114334

Sporting CP

In 2001–02, he returned to Portugal. Sporting Clube de Portugal signed him on the last day of transfer windows and offered a contract worth €11 million in 3 seasons. Sporting also gave Galatasaray Mbo Mpenza, Robert Spehar, Pavel Horváth, (valued €3.4 million)[3] and US$5 million cash.[4]

The 2001–02 season proved hugely successful to Jardel – he scored 42 goals in 30 games (17 scored through penalties),[5] and Sporting won both the Portuguese Liga and the Portuguese Cup. He also won the Prize "Player of the Year" by the Portuguese newspaper Record – one of the only two foreign players to achieve this, the other being the Argentinian Lisandro López.

Sporting Statistics:
Club Season Portuguese Liga Portuguese Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP 2001–02 304267664255
2002–03 191111002012
Total 495378666267

Decline

While the 2001–02 season was arguably the best of Jardel's career, the following 2002–03 season proved to be the beginning of the end. Left off the Brazilian national team again, this time for the 2002 FIFA World Cup (despite his tremendous goal-scoring abilities he was rarely called up), and unfit at the start of the season, he spent the most of it on the injury list.

In the Christmas break, he returned to his native Fortaleza, where he injured his knee in a swimming pool fall. He scored only nine goals that season. He was granted, alongside Deco, Portuguese citizenship on February 2003.[6]

In August 2003, he moved to English side Bolton Wanderers. Sporting would receive a transfer fee up to €1.5M based on his performance in 2003–04 and 2004–05 season.[7][8][9] However he failed to score a league goal for the club. He did, however, score three goals in the English League Cup, where Bolton were eventually losing finalists. These goals came in games against Walsall, where Jardel scored twice,[10] and against Liverpool at Anfield.[11] During the winter break, he moved to Italian side Ancona, but could not convince the staff of his physical capabilities. Ancona supporters called him lardel (a pun on the Italian "lardo", meaning lard) due to him being overweight; an Italian journalist, about his debut opposite Milan, said "We stretch a veil of silence in respect of what he has been"[12]

In August 2004, Jardel signed a contract with Rosario side Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, for which Bolton did not receive any fee.[13][14]

In September 2005, Jardel signed a contract with Brazilian first-division side Goiás Esporte Clube until 31 December 2006.[15]

Jardel was signed by Beira Mar for the 2006–07 season for an undisclosed fee.[16] Despite arriving at the club overweight, he worked hard and trained specifically to lose weight and gain physical form and scored one goal on his debut for Beira-Mar in a 2–2 draw against Desportivo das Aves. In the winter transfer season, Jardel signed for the Cypriot team Anorthosis Famagusta.

On 14 July 2007, Jardel played for Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren, as a trialist in a 3–0 win over first division side Stirling Albion.

Newcastle Jets

On 14 August 2007, Australian A-League side Newcastle United Jets officially announced at a press conference in Newcastle that they had signed Jardel on a one-year contract as their marquee player.[6] Jardel was rumoured to join the club for weeks before the official announcement was made.[17] He arrived in Australia on 12 August 2007 and traveled to Newcastle on 13 August.[18]

Jardel worked hard on his fitness before arriving in Newcastle.[19] He was unable to play for the Jets in the first three rounds as he was in Australia on a tourist visa.[20] He eventually had his sport visa approved before the start of Round 4.[21]

He made his debut as a substitute in the 70th minute at EnergyAustralia Stadium against Adelaide United in Round 4. Newcastle won the match 1–0 with a strike from Mark Bridge in the 81st minute.[22]

After joining the Jets, Jardel saw little game time, usually making an appearance as a late substitute. Owner of Newcastle Jets Con Constantine, who brought Jardel to Newcastle, expressed his desire for Jardel to stay on the field for longer. Newcastle coach Gary van Egmond, however, was reluctant to give the Brazilian a larger role.[23][24]

On 3 November 2007, Jardel played nearly 20 minutes against Sydney FC. He showed some positive signs, nearly equalising for Newcastle with a trademark header from a Joel Griffiths corner kick. Sydney keeper Clint Bolton saved the initial header before Jardel's follow-up was cleared off the line.[25]

However, after showing glimpses of class, manager van Egmond perceived Jardel to be surplus to requirements and was told he could leave the club half-way through the season. He was reportedly being paid $3,000 a week by club owner Con Constantine. He left the club on 24 January 2008 to be with his sick mother in Brazil. The Jets went on to win the 2008 A-League Grand Final.

Brazil lower divisions (2008–10)

On 29 June 2008, Jardel joined Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Criciúma.[26] He scored four goals in the Brazilian Serie B season 2008. Unfortunately for Jardel his club, was relegated from Serie B; finishing 18th with 41 points from 38 games.[26]

Jardel joined to Ferroviário on 4 February 2009. On 11 March 2009, Jardel made his Ferroviário debut with a very classy goal, a reminder of his past years of glory as one of the best finisher ever to play on the Portuguese Liga.[27] In August 2009 he signed a 6-month contract with América de Fortaleza, but released on 30 October 2009.

On 20 January 2010, Jardel signed a contract until the end of 2010 Campeonato Piauiense with Esporte Clube Flamengo.[28] He became a free agent on 10 June 2010.

Cherno More

On 27 June 2010, Jardel arrived in Varna, Bulgaria in order to negotiate terms with Bulgarian club Cherno More Varna.[29][30] A day later, on 28 June 2010, Jardel signed a one-year contract with the Sailors and was officially presented as a new signing of the club.[31] Jardel was welcomed by 500 fans at his presentation at the Ticha Stadium. He made his new club debut on 17 July, in a friendly match against Romanian side Victoria Brăneşti, with the match ending in a 2–2 draw.

Jardel made his competitive debut for the Sailors during the 2010–11 season on 7 August 2010 in a 0–2 away loss against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, coming on as a substitute for compatriot Marco Tiago. In the next round of A PFG Mário played 26 minutes as a substitute for a 1–0 home win against Akademik Sofia. On 31 October 2010, he scored his first goal for the Bulgarian team, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Lokomotiv Sofia. On 28 November 2010, it was reported that Jardel had left Cherno More due to concerns pertaining to the cold weather conditions in Bulgaria.

Cherno More Statistics:
Club Season Bulgarian League Bulgarian Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cherno More 2010–11 810081
Total 810081

Atlético Rio Negro Clube

On 21 December 2010, it was reported that Jardel signed a one-year deal with Atlético Rio Negro Clube from Manaus, Amazonas.

International career

Jardel capped for the national team first when he was 19 years old. In March 1993, Jardel capped one time for the Brazil national under-20 football team during the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Australia.[32] Brazil became champions of the tournament.

Jardel's debut for the Seleçao was as a substitute replacing Ronaldo during a friendly game against Russia in August 1996.[33] He was also a part of the national team squad during the Copa América tournament in 2001.

Honours

Club

Brazil Vasco da Gama

Brazil Grêmio

Portugal F.C. Porto

Turkey Galatasaray S.K.

Portugal Sporting

Argentina Newell's Old Boys

Brazil Goiás

Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta

International

Brazil Brazil U-20

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Communication" (PDF). FC Porto (in Portuguese) (Published by Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)). 30 June 2000. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Communication" (PDF). FC Porto (in Portuguese) (Published by Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)). 4 July 2000. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Sporting – Sociedade de Futebol, SAD, announces the hiring of a player" (PDF). Sporting CP (in Portuguese) (Published by Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.sporting.pt/incscp/pdf/investor_relations/ir_comunicado_200103.pdf
  5. ↑ "Mário Jardel". www.zerozero.pt.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Deco and Jardel granted Portuguese citizenship". WorldSoccerNews.com. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
  7. ↑ "Sporting – Sociedade Desportiva de Futebol, SAD, announces rescindment of contract with player Mário Jardel" (PDF). Sporting CP (in Portuguese) (Published by Portuguese Securities Market Commission). 14 August 2003. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  8. ↑ "Sporting – Sociedade Desportiva de Futebol, SAD, announces rescindment of contract with the player informa Mário Jardel (Rectification)" (PDF). Sporting CP (in Portuguese) (Published by Portuguese Securities Market Commission). 14 August 2003. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "Sporting – Sociedade Desportiva de Futebol, SAD, announces rescindment of contract with the player informa Mário Jardel (Rectification)" (PDF). Sporting CP (in Portuguese) (Published by Portuguese Securities Market Commission). 18 August 2003. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "Bolton 3–1 Walsall". BBC. 24 September 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  11. ↑ "Bolton stun Liverpool". BBC. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  12. ↑ http://www.calciobidoni.it/bidoni/jardel.html
  13. ↑ "Jardel Leaves Wanderers". Bolton Wanderers FC. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  14. ↑ "Jardel leaves Bolton". BBC Sport. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  15. ↑ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E)RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 19/09/2005". CBF (in Portuguese). 19 September 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  16. ↑ "ESPNFC: Soccer Jardel returns to Portugal with Beira Mar". go.com.
  17. ↑ Valentine, Renee (3 August 2007). "Jets expecting super Mario". The Herald. p. 72. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  18. ↑ Gardiner, James (13 August 2007). "Brazilian 'big unit' will fit right in; Nogarotto says new signing will shape up". The Herald. p. 28.
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  20. ↑ Taylor, John (4 September 2007). "Jardel still a tourist". Fox Sports. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  21. ↑ Ormond, Aidan (13 September 2007). "Jardel Set To Make His Debut". Australian FourFourTwo. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  22. ↑ "Newcastle V Adelaide – 15 September 2007". Football Federation Australia. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  23. ↑ Taylor, John (30 October 2007). "Newcastle not ready to give up on Brazilian Mario". The Daily Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 7 November 2007.
  24. ↑ Cockerill, Michael (2 November 2007). "Con's old style autocracy the wind beneath Jets' wings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
  25. ↑ Ritson, Jon (3 November 2007). "Hi-Ho Sydney and the Loan Danger". Australian FourFourTwo. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Criciúma acerta com Jardel" (in Portuguese). Futebol SC. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
  27. ↑ Edisport. ":.: Mário Jardel reforça Ferroviário - Jornal Record :.:". record.pt.
  28. ↑ "Jardel assina pelo Flamengo..." (in Portuguese). Esporte Brasil. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  29. ↑ "Черно море привлича Марио Жардел" (in Bulgarian). Gong.bg. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  30. ↑ "Cherno More snap up Jardel". Uefa.com. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  31. ↑ Mário Jardel signed a one year contract with the Sailors (in Bulgarian) 28 June 2010 Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  32. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191252/matches/match=30912/report.html FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993 Norway – Brazil Report
  33. ↑ http://www.hep.lu.se/staff/smirnova//archive/rep96.html#RuBr Reports 1996 Russia – Brazil

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