Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marinus Antonius Been | ||
Date of birth | 11 December 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1971–1972 | FC Rotterdam | ||
1972–1982 | Feyenoord | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1988 | Feyenoord | 137 | (53) |
1988–1990 | Pisa | 62 | (6) |
1990–1991 | Roda JC | 12 | (1) |
1991–1992 | Heerenveen | 24 | (3) |
1992–1993 | Tirol Innsbruck | 14 | (1) |
1993–1995 | Excelsior | 44 | (14) |
Total | 293 | (78) | |
National team | |||
1984 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1996–2000 | Excelsior (youth) | ||
2000–2004 | Feyenoord (assistant) | ||
2005–2006 | Excelsior | ||
2006–2009 | N.E.C. | ||
2009–2011 | Feyenoord | ||
2011–2014 | Genk | ||
2016– | Fenerbahçe (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mario Been (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaː.ri.ˌjoː ˈbeːn], born 11 December 1963 in Rotterdam, South Holland) is a retired football professional and current football manager from the Netherlands. He was nicknamed "Mariodona" for his dribbling skills, after Diego Maradona and his first name.
As a football midfielder himself, Been played for Feyenoord, Pisa, Roda JC, Heerenveen, FC Tirol Innsbruck and Excelsior. Been played in an attacking midfield position.
On 5 September 1982, Been made his professional career debut for Feyenoord in a 1–0 win over N.E.C. Been spent six years at Feyenoord from 1982 to 1988 before moving to Italian side Pisa Calcio in July 1988. During his time in Italy, the club played in Serie A (first) and Serie B (second). After three years in Italy, Been returned to Netherlands where he joined Roda JC and then Heerenveen. After one season at Heerenveen, Been move to Austria by joining Tirol Innsbruck in 1992 before returning to Excelsior where he stayed there for three years before announced his retirement. Been played his last competitive match on 17 September 1995 when HFC Haarlem defeated Excelsior Rotterdam (4–0).
Been was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship and played one official international match for the Netherlands, against Austria on 14 November 1984 as substitute for Ton Lokhoff in the 73rd minute.