Mário Jardel
Jardel training with Newcastle United Jets
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | Vasco da Gama | 50 | (26) |
| 1995–1996 | → Grêmio (loan) | 73 | (67) |
| 1996–2000 | Porto | 125 | (130) |
| 2000–2001 | Galatasaray | 24 | (22) |
| 2001–2003 | Sporting CP | 49 | (53) |
| 2003–2004 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Newell's Old Boys | 3 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Goiás | 4 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Beira-Mar | 12 | (3) |
| 2007 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 7 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Newcastle Jets | 11 | (0) |
| 2008 | Criciúma | 17 | (6) |
| 2009 | Ferroviário | 6 | (5) |
| 2009 | América (CE) | 11 | (8) |
| 2010 | Flamengo (PI) | 16 | (12) |
| 2010 | Cherno More | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Rio Negro | ||
| Total | 443 | (345) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Brazil U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Brazil | 10 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmaɾiu ʒaʁˈdɛw]; born 18 September 1973) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. He was a legend for Grêmio, playing a major part in the squad that won the 1995 Copa Libertadores. With his exceptional positioning ability, he was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers during his time at FC Porto, Galatasaray, and Sporting CP, scoring 266 goals in 274 games for those clubs.
After leaving Sporting in 2003, at 29 years old, Jardel had a succession of brief and unsuccessful stints at clubs in England, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Argentina and Australia. He then played for several smaller clubs in Brazil before retiring in 2011.
Jardel made his debut for the Brazil national football team in 1996, making a total of 10 appearances and being selected for the 2001 Copa America.
Jardel played first for Vasco da Gama, but moved in 1995 to Grêmio, where he won the 1995 Copa Libertadores.
In 1996, he was linked to several teams, and after failing to transfer to Benfica and Rangers (due to the strict British rules involving non-EU players), he signed with Portuguese side FC Porto, where with help from players such as Zlatko Zahovič, Sérgio Conceição, and Ljubinko Drulović, he was the top goalscorer in Europe for three years (1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02), with a goal average of slightly over one goal per match (130 goals in 125 games, avg: 1.04). Although he was top scorer three times, due to the use of coefficients based on each European league's standards, he only won twice, the 1998–99 and 2001–02 European Golden Boots. He lost out to Kevin Phillips in 1999–2000 despite Phillips having scored six fewer goals than Jardel.
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