Zé Mário (footballer, born 1949)

Zé Mário
Personal information
Full name	José Mário de Almeida Barros
Date of birth	1 February 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970	Bonsucesso
1971–1974	Flamengo
1975	Fluminense
1976–1979	Vasco da Gama
1980–1982	Portuguesa
Managerial career
1982–1983	Botafogo
1983	Figueirense
1984	Ceará
1984	Ferroviário
1985	Flamengo do Piauí
1985	Figueirense
1986	Iraq Youth Team
1987	Goiás
1988–1990	Al Ain
1991	Goiás
1992	Náutico
1992	Al-Arabi
1992	América
1993	Al-Arabi
1993–1995	Al-Riyadh
1995–1996	Saudi Arabia
1996–1997	Al-Riyadh
1997	Al-Sadd
1998–1999	Kashima Antlers
1998	Qatar
2000–2001	Internacional
2001–2002	Guarani
2003	Al-Ittifaq
2004	Al-Shabab
2005	Figueirense
2006–2008	Al Wasl
2008–2009	Al-Arabi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Mário de Almeida Barros, (born 1 February 1949), commonly known as Zé Mário, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He formerly coached the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Qatar.

Career

Zé Mário was born in Rio de Janeiro. In summer 2008, he had served his contract with Al Wasl Club after two successful seasons, where he was able to win both the UAE League, and the UAE President Cup titles in the first season (2007–08). And was able to lead them to the final of the UAE President Cup for the second consecutive year in the second season, and he has also led them in their AFC Champions League journey which ended in the group stage.

Ze Mario has then moved back to the Qatari League with his past team Al-Arabi Sports Club after failing to sign a contract with his other past team Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia) and was fired in January 2009.