Mário João
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mário João Sousa Alves | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Barreiro, Portugal | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950–1955 | CUF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1950–1955 | CUF | ||
| 1955–1962 | Benfica | 89 | (4) |
| 1962–1968 | CUF | 118 | (9) |
| Total | 502 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1960–1964 | Portugal | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mário João Sousa Alves[1] (born 6 June 1935) is a Portuguese retired footballer.
He played as a right-sided defender for Benfica, from 1957–58 to 1961–62, and CUF, from Barreiro, from 1962–63 to 1966–68. He won two titles of National Champion and two Cups of Portugal with Benfica.
He was part of their European Cup victories in 1960–61 and 1961–62.
He had three caps for the Portugal national team, two of them as a Benfica player, from 2 May 1960, in a 1–5 defeat with Yugoslavia, in the European Championship quarter-finals, to the 2–1 win over Belgium, in 3 May 1964, in a friendly match. Mário João was never a full professional and left football, because he earned more money as a worker for CUF then as a football player.
He would be the coach of CUF for the 1975–76 season.