Dadá Maravilha

Dario José dos Santos, called Dario or Dadá Maravilha, ( born May 4, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a former Brazilian footballer.

After Pele 1284 goals and Romário 1002 goals scored, Dario is with 926 goals scored in third place of the Brazilian scoresheet. At the World Cup in Mexico in 1970 he was coached by Mário Zagallo the squad of the Brazilian national team, which won her third world title. This appeal is to the " technically absolutely unbrasilianische but immensely popular and especially aerially strong attacker with its four triangular feet " have owed the express advocacy of the then President Emilio Médici against Zagallo.

Dario has acquired in his long career total of 21 national titles, including world title. He played for the following clubs:

  • Campo Grande: 1967-1968 (22 goals)
  • Atlético Mineiro: 1968-1972 (124 goals)
  • CR Flamengo: 1973-1974 (34 goals)
  • Atlético Mineiro: 1974 (312 goals)
  • Sport Recife: 1975 (94 goals)
  • Atlético Mineiro: 1979-1980 (64 goals)

The nickname Dadá Maravilha ( " Dadá, the miracle " ) was due to his penchant for aphorisms that the self-assured dos Santos regularly publicly declaimed and where very often God and Dadá occurred side by side, and the fact that he is " his gates gave poetic names, even if he had not made ​​himself. "

After his career Dario worked as a sports commentator in several Brazilian TV stations.

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  • Football World Cup
  • National football team (Brazil )
  • Brazilian champion ( football)
  • Brazilian
  • Born in 1946
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