Mário Branco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mário Jorge dos Santos Branco [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Sporting director | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fenerbahçe | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2004–2005 | Pontevedra (scout) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Wisła Kraków (scout) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Zagłębie Lubin (scout) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Steaua București (scout) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Leixões (sporting director) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Astra Ploiesti (sporting director) | ||
| 2012–2016 | Estoril (sporting director) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Hajduk Split (sporting director) | ||
| 2018–2020 | PAOK (sporting director) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Famalicão (sporting director) | ||
| 2022– | Fenerbahçe (sporting director) | ||
Mário Jorge dos Santos Branco (born 6 November 1975) is a Portuguese former football scout and the current director of football of Fenerbahçe. He has previously worked with the clubs Pontevedra, Leixões, Estoril and Famalicão in Portiguese, Wisła Kraków and Zagłębie Lubin in Poland, Steaua București and Astra Ploiesti in Romania, Hajduk Split in Croatia, PAOK in Greece and Fenerbahçe in Turkey.[3][4]
Fenerbahçe
[edit]On 14 June 2022, Mário Branco's appointment as director of football at Fenerbahçe.[5] He made an instant impact at Fenerbahçe as he was responsible for the signings of Diego Rossi, Joshua King, João Pedro, Michy Batshuayi and Jayden Oosterwolde for 2022-23 season. He also signed with Edin Džeko, Dušan Tadić, Dominik Livaković, Alexander Djiku, Sebastian Szymański, Rodrigo Becão, Fred, Leonardo Bonucci, Cengiz Ünder and Çağlar Söyüncü for 2023-24 season and Portuguese professional football manager José Mourinho[6], footballers Cenk Tosun, Allan Saint-Maximin, Filip Kostić, Youssef En-Nesyri and Sofyan Amrabat for 2024-25 season.
Mário Branco also played a leading role in the transfers of Kim Min-jae to Napoli (€18,05 million)[7], Arda Güler to Real Madrid (€20 million)[8][9], Attila Szalai to Hoffenheim (€12.3 million)[10][11][12] and Ferdi Kadıoğlu to Brighton & Hove Albion (£25million with an additional £4.2m in add-ons)[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mario Branco Profile". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Mario Branco Profile". fussballzz.de (in German). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Mario Branco kimdir?". NtvSpor (in Turkish). 15 October 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Mario Branco kimdir?". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Mario Branco kimdir?". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Jose Mourinho Istanbul'da" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe SK. 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Açıklama" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe SK. 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Official Announcement: Arda Güler". Real Madrid C.F. 6 July 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Arda Güler becomes a Real Madrid player". Real Madrid. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Yolun açık olsun Attila Szalai" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Futbolcumuz Attila Szalai'nin transferi hk" (in Turkish). KAP. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "There is a new SZALAI in town". YouTube (in German). TSG Hoffenheim. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Ferdi Kadioglu: Brighton sign Turkey full-back from Fenerbahce for £25m". BBC Sport. 27 August 2024.