Birigui (footballer)

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Birigui
Personal information
Full name Marcos Antônio Gomes
Date of birth (1958-04-01) 1 April 1958 (age 66)
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 [pt]
2015 Vilhena
2015 Poconé [pt]
2016–2017 Sinop
2017 Cacerense
2018 Real Ariquemes
2018 Olímpia
2020 Sinop
2022–2023 Cacerense
2023 Grêmio Sorriso [pt]
*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

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

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

Player

Guarani

Santa Cruz

Manager

Vila Aurora

Cacerense

Uberaba

Vilhena

References

  1. ^ "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 (U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 1949-1987". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Birigui". Arquivo Coral (in Portuguese). 1 March 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Birigui e Tiago Cardoso são homenageados no Arruda". Santa Cruz FC (official website) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Que fim levou? Birigui". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Campeonato Mato-Grossense 2005". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Campeonato Mato-Grossense 2007". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  8. ^ "USC inicia caminhada rumo ao tricampeonato". JM Online (in Portuguese). 25 August 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Cacerense anuncia Marcos Birigui como técnico para a Segunda Divisão do Mato-grossense". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  • Birigui at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
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