Dário Monteiro

Dário Alberto Jesus Monteiro (born 27 February 1977), known simply as Dário, is a Mozambican retired footballer who played as a striker.

Dário
Personal information
Full name Dário Alberto Jesus Monteiro
Date of birth (1977-02-27) 27 February 1977
Place of birth Maputo, Mozambique
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Desportivo Maputo
1996–2003 Académica 163 (75)
2003–2004 Al-Jazira
2004–2005 Académica 26 (6)
2005–2006 Vitória Guimarães 24 (1)
2006–2007 Estrela Amadora 15 (3)
2007–2008 Nea Salamis 24 (2)
2008–2009 Mamelodi Sundowns 14 (4)
2009–2010 Supersport United 19 (5)
2011 Muçulmana Maputo
2012 Desportivo Maputo
National team
1996–2011 Mozambique 40 (16)
Teams managed
2019– Desportivo de Maputo
2019– Mozambique U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 138 games and 35 goals over the course of seven seasons, mainly at the service of Académica. Towards the end of his career, he played two years in South Africa.

Dário appeared with the Mozambique national team in two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Playing career

Club career

Born in Maputo, Dário arrived in 1996 to Portugal from local Desportivo de Maputo, signing with Académica de Coimbra. After tentative starts he became one of the club's most important players, scoring goals in the Primeira Liga at an impressive rate – in his last five full seasons in his first spell, he only netted once in single digits and averaged 14 per campaign, always ranking high in the scoring charts.

Late into 2003, Dário earned himself a lucrative contract in the United Arab Emirates, joining Al-Jazira Club. Unsettled, he quickly returned to Portugal and Académica; in his only season in his second stint he only scored six times, but ranked first in his team, which barely avoided top flight relegation.

Dário also played with Vitória S.C. and C.F. Estrela da Amadora in Portugal, with very little impact, after which he left to Cyprus with Nea Salamis Famagusta FC. In the following year he moved countries again, successively representing in South Africa Supersport United F.C. and Mamelodi Sundowns FC.

In the summer of 2010, Dário was released by the Sundowns, stating he had offers from Angola and Greece. After any move failed to materialize he returned to his country and signed for reigning Moçambola champions Liga Muçulmana de Maputo, in late December.

International career

Dário played for Mozambique at the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso as the national team finished bottom of their group (losing every match in the process), and also appeared in the 2010 edition in Angola, helping the nation to the quarter-final stage. He totalled 40 caps and 16 goals, during 15 years.

International goals
Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 August 1998Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Botswana1–12–12000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.2–1
3.4 October 1998Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Eritrea1–03–12000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.28 May 1999Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Botswana1–02–01999 COSAFA Cup
5.16 July 2000Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Lesotho1–01–02002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.30 March 2003Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Burkina Faso1–01–02004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.16 November 2003Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Guinea1–43–42006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.2–4
9.3–4
10.3 June 2007Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Burkina Faso1–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.15 June 2008Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar1–01–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.20 August 2010Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Swaziland1–03–0Friendly
13.2–0
14.11 February 2009Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Malawi1–02–0Friendly
15.14 November 2009Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Tunisia1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.8 October 2011Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Comoros2–03–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Coaching career

Dário is manager of Desportivo de Maputo and the Mozambique national under-20 football team.[2]

References
  1. "Monteiro, Dário". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. http://www.cosafa.com/monteiro-set-to-lead-mozambique-at-under-20-champs/. Retrieved 7 November 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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