Dário Monteiro
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Dário Alberto Jesus Monteiro (born 27 February 1977), known simply as Dário, is a Mozambican retired footballer who played as a striker.
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]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 August 1998 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Botswana | flag alias = Flag of Botswana.svg | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Botswana Defence Force Air Wing.svg | link alias-air force = Botswana Defence Force Air Wing | link alias-army = Botswana Ground Force | flag alias-military = Flag of the Botswana Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = Botswana Defence Force | variant = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || align=center | 1–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–1 || rowspan="2" | 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |||
| 2. | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 4 October 1998 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Eritrea | flag alias = Flag of Eritrea.svg | flag alias-1952 = Flag of Eritrea (1952-1961).svg | flag alias-1993 = Flag of Eritrea (1993–1995).svg | link alias-naval = Eritrean Navy | link alias-military = Eritrean Defence Forces | link alias-army = Eritrean Army | link alias-air force = Eritrean Air Force | link alias-navy = Eritrean Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 3–1 || 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 4. | 28 May 1999 | Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Botswana | flag alias = Flag of Botswana.svg | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Botswana Defence Force Air Wing.svg | link alias-air force = Botswana Defence Force Air Wing | link alias-army = Botswana Ground Force | flag alias-military = Flag of the Botswana Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = Botswana Defence Force | variant = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 2–0 || 1999 COSAFA Cup | |||
| 5. | 16 July 2000 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Lesotho | flag alias = Flag of Lesotho.svg | flag alias-colonial = Unofficial Basutoland Ensign.svg | flag alias-1966 = Flag of Lesotho (1966–1987).svg | flag alias-1987 = Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg | Lesotho Air Squadron | link alias-military = Lesotho Defence Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = 1987
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–0 || 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |||
| 6. | 30 March 2003 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Burkina Faso | flag alias = Flag of Burkina Faso.svg | link alias-military = Burkina Faso Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–0 || 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ||||||||
| 7. | 16 November 2003 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Guinea | flag alias = Flag of Guinea.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || align=center | 1–4 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| 3–4 || rowspan="3" | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||
| 8. | 2–4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. | 3–4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. | 3 June 2007 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Burkina Faso | flag alias = Flag of Burkina Faso.svg | link alias-military = Burkina Faso Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 3–1 || 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ||||||||
| 11. | 15 June 2008 | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Madagascar | flag alias = Flag of Madagascar.svg | flag alias-1896 = Flag of France.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||
| 12. | 20 August 2010 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Eswatini | flag alias = Flag of Eswatini.svg | flag alias-1890 = Flag of Swaziland (c. 1890-1894).svg | flag alias-1894 = Flag of Swaziland (1894–1902).svg | flag alias-1968 = Flag of Swaziland (1968–2011).svg | link alias-military = Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force | Eswatini Army | Eswatini Air Force | size = | name = Swaziland | altlink = national football team | variant = | shortname alias = Eswatini | altvar = football
}} || align=center | 1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 3–0 || rowspan="2" | Friendly |
| 13. | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. | 11 February 2009 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Malawi | flag alias = Flag of Malawi.svg | flag alias-2010 = Flag of Malawi (2010–2012).svg | Malawi Army | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 2–0 || Friendly | ||||||
| 15. | 14 November 2009 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Tunisia | flag alias = Flag of Tunisia.svg | flag alias-1959 = Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg | flag alias-old = Tunisian flag till 1831.svg | border-old = | flag alias-bey = Flag of Tunis Bey-fr.svg | Tunisian National Navy | link alias-army = Tunisian Army | link alias-air force= Tunisian Air Force | Tunisian National Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16. | 8 October 2011 | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Comoros | flag alias = Flag of the Comoros.svg | flag alias-1963 = Flag of the Comoros (1963–1975).svg | flag alias-1975 = Flag of the Comoros (1975–1978).svg | flag alias-1978 = Flag of the Comoros (1978–1992).svg | flag alias-1992 = Flag of the Comoros (1992–1996).svg | flag alias-1996 = Flag of the Comoros (1996–2001).svg | link alias-naval = Comorian Navy | link alias-navy = Comorian Navy | Comorian Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 2–0 || align=center | 3–0 || 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Coaching career
Dário is manager of Desportivo de Maputo and the Mozambique national under-20 football team.[2]
References
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External links
Template:Mozambique Squad 1998 African Nations Cup Template:Mozambique Squad 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
- Pages with script errors
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Maputo
- Mozambican men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- GD Maputo players
- Liga Desportiva de Maputo players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Académica de Coimbra (football) players
- Vitória S.C. players
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
- Al Jazira Club players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
- Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- Mozambique men's international footballers
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Mozambican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- UAE Pro League players