Birigui (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Antônio Gomes | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Birigui, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1977 | Guarani | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1981 | Guarani | ||
| 1981–1988 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 1989–1990 | Famalicão | ||
| 1990 | Sport Recife | ||
| 1991 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 1991–1992 | Olímpia | ||
| 1993 | União Barbarense | ||
| 1994 | Velo Clube | ||
| 1995 | Operário-MS | ||
| International career | |||
| 1977 | Brazil U20 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Campinas | ||
| 2001 | Ituano | ||
| 2002 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2003 | Dom Bosco | ||
| 2003 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2004 | Operário-MT | ||
| 2004 | Juventude-MT | ||
| 2004 | Dom Bosco | ||
| 2005–2006 | Vila Aurora | ||
| 2006–2007 | Cacerense | ||
| 2008 | União Rondonópolis | ||
| 2009 | Barra | ||
| 2009 | Araguaia | ||
| 2009–2011 | Uberaba | ||
| 2011 | Rio Branco-ES | ||
| 2011 | Mixto | ||
| 2012 | União Rondonópolis | ||
| 2012–2013 | Cacerense | ||
| 2013 | Vilhena | ||
| 2013–2014 | Sorriso | ||
| 2014 | Vilhena | ||
| 2014 | Poconé | ||
| 2015 | Vilhena | ||
| 2015 | Poconé | ||
| 2016–2017 | Sinop | ||
| 2017 | Cacerense | ||
| 2018 | Real Ariquemes | ||
| 2018 | Olímpia | ||
| 2020 | Sinop | ||
| 2022–2023 | Cacerense | ||
| 2023 | Grêmio Sorriso | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marcos Antônio Gomes (born 1 April 1958), better known as Birigui, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a goalkeeper.
Playing career
[edit]Graduated in the Guarani youth categories, Birigui was a substitute goalkeeper at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1] The club for which he stood out most during his career was Santa Cruz FC, where he made 257 appearances, being state champion in 1983, 1986 and 1987, and is considered the greatest goalkeeper of all time.[2][3][4] He also played for Famalicão and clubs in the interior of the state of São Paulo.[5]
Managerial career
[edit]As a coach Birigui managed numerous clubs, especially in the state of Mato Grosso, where he was state champion in 2005 with Vila Aurora[6] and in 2007 with Cacerense.[7] He also won titles with Uberaba SC and Vilhena EC.[8] In his latest work he has the help of his son, Marcos Menali, with whom he shared the coaching task. Alongside him, he finished runner-up in the 2022 second division with Cacerense.[9][10]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Guarani
Santa Cruz
- Campeonato Pernambucano: 1983, 1986, 1987
Manager
[edit]Vila Aurora
Cacerense
Uberaba
- Taça Minas Gerais: 2009, 2010
Vilhena
- Campeonato Rondoniense: 2014
References
[edit]- ^ "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 (U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 1949-1987". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Birigui". Arquivo Coral (in Portuguese). 1 March 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Birigui e Tiago Cardoso são homenageados no Arruda". Santa Cruz FC (official website) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Ídolo do Santa Cruz lembra dia em que até rival parou para ver gol que levaria de Zico: "Virou folclore"". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 21 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Que fim levou? Birigui". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Campeonato Mato-Grossense 2005". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Campeonato Mato-Grossense 2007". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "USC inicia caminhada rumo ao tricampeonato". JM Online (in Portuguese). 25 August 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Cacerense anuncia Marcos Birigui como técnico para a Segunda Divisão do Mato-grossense". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Sorriso terá Marcos Menali e Birigui no comando técnico para 2ª Divisão do Mato-grossense; veja elenco". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 22 April 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Birigui at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)