Dario José dos Santos

Dario
Dadá Maravilha in later years
Personnel
Surname	Dario José dos Santos
birthday	March 4, 1946
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
	Campo Grande
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1967-1968	Campo Grande
1968-1972	Atlético Mineiro	55 (32)
1973-1974	Flamengo	31 (8)
1974	Atlético Mineiro
1974-1975	Sport Recife	26 (12)
1976-1977	Internacional	21 (16)
1977-1988	AA Ponte Preta	32 (17)
1978	Atlético Mineiro
1979	Paysandu SC	4 (1)
1980	Náutico capibaribe	3 (0)
1981	Santa Cruz FC	13 (7)
1981-1982	EC Bahia	14 (8)
1983	Goiás EC	20 (4)
1983-1984	Coritiba FC
1984	Rio Negro
1985	Nacional-AM	21 (8)
1985	XV de Novembro
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1970-1973	Brazil	7 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

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

Life

After Arthur Friedenreich with 1,329 goals, Pelé with 1,284 goals and Romário with 1002 goals scored, Dario ranks fourth on the Brazilian top scorer list with 926 goals. At the 1970 World Cup in Mexico , he was under coach Mário Zagallo to the squad of the Brazilian national team , which won their third world title. But it wasn't even used. The “technically absolutely un-Brazilian, but immensely popular and especially strong header with his square feet” is said to have owed this appointment to the explicit advocacy of the then military dictator, President Emílio Médici, towards Zagallo. The non-nomination by Zagallo's predecessor João Saldanha is said to have been one of the reasons for his dismissal.

Dario has earned a total of 21 national titles, including world titles, in his long career. He played for the following clubs, among others:

• Campo Grande (youth team): 1965–1967
• Campo Grande : 1967–1968 (22 goals)
• Atlético Mineiro : 1968–1972 (124 goals)
• Flamengo Rio de Janeiro : 1973–1974 (34 goals)
• Atlético Mineiro: 1974
• Sport Recife : 1975 (94 goals)
• Atlético Mineiro: 1979–1980 (64 goals)

The nickname Dadá Maravilha (" Dadá , the miracle") arose from his predilection for aphorisms that the self-confident dos Santos regularly proclaimed in public and in which God and Dadá very often appeared side by side, as well as the fact that he "gave his fools poetic names even if he hadn't achieved it himself ”.

After his career, Dario worked as a sports commentator for various Brazilian TV channels.

successes

National team

• World Champion : 1970

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Mineiro : 1970, 1978
• Brazilian champion : 1971

Flamengo

• Taça Guanabara : 1973
• Campeonato Carioca : 1974

Sport Recife

• Campeonato Pernambucano : 1975

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho : 1976
• Brazilian champion: 1976

Bahia

• Campeonato Baiano : 1981

Goiás

• Campeonato Goiano : 1983

Nacional

• Campeonato Amazonense : 1994

Personal awards

• Brazilian top scorer : 1971, 1972 (together with Pedro Rocha), 1976
• Bola de Prata : 1976

Notes and evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} article "Les fous du stade" in France Football of February 18, 2014, pp. 16-25; to Dario on p. 24
2. ↑ Alex Bellos: Ask Alex anything about Brazilian football… . In: Futebol: The Brazilian way of life . ofutebol.com. July 2003. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2010.