Mário Wilson is a retired football

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 player and a former coach

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 of the Portuguese squad, Académica de Coimbra

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, 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

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 Mr. Wilson and the Escola de Futebol Mr. Wilson (youth football school), in the Lisbon

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 area.

In the 1975–76 season, he became the first Benfica's Portuguese

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 football coach to win the Portuguese Football Championship

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 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.