Mariano Dias (born 10 February 1960) is an Indian football coach and former player who is the head coach for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 February 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Salgaocar F.C. (assistant Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Goa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1989 | Salgaocar | ||
| 1989–1993 | MRF FC | ||
| 1993–1994 | Churchill Brothers | ||
| International career | |||
| 1985–1988 | India | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | India U14 | ||
| 2008–2010 | SESA | ||
| 2010 | Goa | ||
| 2011–2012 | India (assistant manager) | ||
| 2012—2014 | Churchill Brothers | ||
| 2014 | FC Goa (Head of Youth development) | ||
| 2014— | Salgaocar F.C. (assistant coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editDias started his footballing career in 1981 for Salgaocar S.C. and stayed till 1989 when he moved to MRF FC.[1] He stayed at MRF till 1993 and he signed with Churchill Brothers. He stayed at Churchill Brothers till he retired one year later in 1994.[1]
Coaching career
editDias started coaching the India U14 football team in 2007 during the 2007 AFC U14 Festival.[2] He stayed with India U14 for one year. In 2008 Dias signed with SESA Football Academy.[1] He coached SESA during the 2009 I-League 2nd Division in which SESA failed to gain promotion.[3] Dias then signed with the Goa Football Association to coach the Goa football team during the 2009 Santosh Trophy tournament which Goa Won after a long time. Later for the 2010 Santosh Trophy.[4] The team managed to reach the semi-finals where the club lost 3–4 on penalties to West Bengal.[5] After coaching Goa, Dias signed with former club as a player, Salgaocar, to become the Senior Director of Football.[6] On 25 November 2011 it was announced that Dias had been appointed as assistant manager of the India national football team.[7]
Churchill Brothers
editOn 13 July 2012 it was announced that Dias had been signed by the Churchill Brothers to become their new head coach.[4] He was instrumental in Churchill brothers winning the I league for 2013 as head Coach. In 2014 Mariano Dias single-handedly coached Churchill brothers to their first Federation Cup Win.[8][9] Mariano was again in the limelight when he managed to assist Churchill Brothers Team to survive relegation from the I-League in the last 3 matches. https://lynxsolution.com/goalfest/2014/04/bhowmick-sacked-by-churchill-bros-mariano-dias/. He also revived the club in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Cup, Asian football second tier club competition.http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2014/05/06/4798492/churchill-look-to-establish-new-order. https://web.archive.org/web/20140506163447/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-all-news/28271-afc-cup-md6-new-radiant-1-2-churchill-brothers.html
Managerial statistics
editStatistics accurate as of 17 February 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Churchill Brothers | 13 July 2012 | present | 59 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 49.15 | ||
| Total | 59 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 49.15 | ||||
Honours
editManager
editChurchill Brothers
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mariano Dias-Right Wing- Back". Goa Veterans FC. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Chris Punnakkattu Daniel. "The Bhangra Boys - Indian National Football Team | brought to you by IndianFootball.Com". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ "Sesa FA look forward to I-League". O Heraldo. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Mariano Dias appointed head coach for Churchill Brothers". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Bengal beat Punjab to win Santosh Trophy after 11 years". The Times of India. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ "Mariano Dias in new role with Salgaocar SC | iGoa". Navhindtimes.in. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ "Mariano is assistant coach of Indian team". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Welcome to All India Football Federation". The-aiff.com. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ "Churchill Brothers create history by winning their maiden Federation Cup title". Goal.com. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm (21 September 2013). "Churchill Brothers SC 0-1 Salgaocar FC: Defending champions suffer early blow". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.