Mário de Castro
Brazilian association football player (1905-1998)
Mário de Castro (30 June 1905 – 29 April 1998) was a Brazilian footballer who played as forward. He spent his entire career at Atlético Mineiro, with whom he won three Campeonato Mineiro titles, a competition of which he was top goalscorer twice. Mário de Castro was the first Atlético Mineiro player to be called up for the Brazil national football team, and scored 195 goals in 100 matches for the club.
Career
Born in Formiga, a city in Minas Gerais state, in 1925 Mário de Castro moved to Belo Horizonte to study medicine at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Shortly after his arrival, Mário took part in a training session on América Mineiro's ground, and was accepted to join the club. A few days later, however, he showed up at a training session in Atlético Mineiro's stadium, which was just across the street from América's. Coach Chico Neto selected him for the first team immediately, and he eventually played for the club his entire career.
Mário de Castro helped Atlético Mineiro break América's decade-long dominance in Campeonato Mineiro, the state league of Minas Gerais. In 1926 he was the competition's top scorer as Atlético were crowned champions for the second time with 20 goals, a feat he repeated in the following season with 27 goals. Mário de Castro was part of an offensive trident called the Trio Maldito (Portuguese for Unholy Trio), also composed of Said and Jairo.
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