Mário Tilico
Personal information
Full name Amaro Gomes da Costa
Date of birth (1942-04-30)30 April 1942
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Date of death 19 December 2019(2019-12-19) (aged 77)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Santa Cruz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962 Santa Cruz
1963–1965 Vasco da Gama
1966–1967 Fluminense 64 (24)
1967–1970 Bangu 84 (27)
1969America-RJ (loan)
1971 Portuguesa
1972–1975 Bangu
International career
1967 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023

Amaro Gomes da Costa (30 April 1942 – 19 December 2019), better known as Mário Tilico, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Formed in the youth categories of Santa Cruz where did he get the nickname "Mário Tilico", he was brought to Vasco in 1963, where he stood out and was champion of the Taça Guanabara in 1965. He repeated the feat the following year at Fluminense, and would still play for Bangu, America and Portuguesa de Desportos.[1][2]

International career

Tilico played only once for the Brazil national team, 19 September 1967, in a friendly match against Chile.[3]

Personal life

Tilico is father of Mário de Oliveira Costa, also known as Mário Tilico.[1]

Honours

Vasco da Gama
Fluminense

Death

Tilico died 19 December 2019, in Rio de Janeiro.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Que fim levou? Mário Tilico Pai". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. "Mário Tilico… o pé-quente dos primórdios da Taça Guanabara". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 14 February 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1967-1968". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. "Fluminense lamenta morte do ex-jogador Mário Tilico". Fluminense FC (in Portuguese). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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