Mariano Dias

Mariano Dias is a former Indian footballer who is currently the head coach for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League.

This article is about the Indian football manager and former player. For the Dominican Republic international footballer, see Mariano Díaz.

Mariano Dias
Personal information
Full name Mariano Díaz
Date of birth (1960-02-10) 10 February 1960
Place of birth India ,Goa
Club 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
National team
1985–1988 India
Teams managed
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Dias 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

Dias 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

On 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

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 17 February 2013

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Churchill Brothers 13 July 2012 present 59 29 15 15 049.15
Total 59 29 15 15 049.15

Honours

Manager


Churchill Brothers

References
  1. "Mariano Dias-Right Wing- Back". Goa Veterans FC. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel. "The Bhangra Boys - Indian National Football Team | brought to you by IndianFootball.Com". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  3. "Sesa FA look forward to I-League". O Heraldo. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. "Mariano Dias appointed head coach for Churchill Brothers". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. "Bengal beat Punjab to win Santosh Trophy after 11 years – The Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. "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.
  7. "Mariano is assistant coach of Indian team". Times of India. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. "Welcome to All India Football Federation". The-aiff.com. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  9. "Churchill Brothers create history by winning their maiden Federation Cup title". Goal.com. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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