Biography
In August 2019, several bright legionnaires appeared on the Russian Premier League arena, and João Mariu is one of them. The midfielder of the Portuguese national team added the composition of the Moscow Locomotive, which is ready to pay for a soccer player a solid transfer price of € 18 million. Such an amount of "railway workers" did not pay anyone else, but in the European champion, they may not be poured.Childhood and youth
Despite the fact that the parents of João by the nationality of Angolians, their son protects the colors of the Portuguese flag. This is not surprising, because the boy was born in Portugal. Mariu was born on January 19, 1993 in the port. It is natural that, living in the city, obsessed football, the child showed a passion for the ball. Yes, and all children in the family all day disappeared on the field.
As a result, the Wilson Brothers and Hugo also tied life with professional sports, only the senior stands for the Angola national team. By 9 years, the suggestive João has become a student of the Porto Football Academy. The boy performed for the youth club of the club until 2004, and then moved to the capital's "Sporting", where the skill and cultivated mastery, waiting for the moment when it is possible to play on an adult level.
Football
The professional biography of the footballer began in Lisbon, where since 2011 the guy began to play for the main composition of "Sporting". However, for 2 years, Mariu appeared on the field rarely and because from 2014 he went for rent in the less important "Vitoria Setubal", where she revealed the best qualities - mind, technicality and maneuverability - and began to score spectacular goals. The midfielder attracted to the game for the national team among juniors, and since 2014 he became a full-fledged adult player.In 2016, together with Cristiano Ronaldo and other Comrades for the Portugal national team, João became the champion of Europe, earning the most loud title in his career. Meanwhile, Mariu has replenished the composition of Milan "Inter", which bought a football player from "Sporting" for € 40 million, but the career was not asked here: the athlete and the club turned out to be mutually disappointed. Following this, the rental in English "West Ham United", where the Portuguese spent 2018.
Personal life
João obsessed with sports and career, but this does not mean that he does not have enough time for a personal life. About her the football player prefers not to spread, but also does not make secrets. It is known that the Portuguese meets by Marta with the olivery letterhead, which in the hundreds of thousands of subscribers in the "Instagram" called the love of his life. It became a surprise, as an athlete prefers to fill in the account by photographs from a football field.
Martha, as it relies the girl of the football player, is slight and effectively, but his profile prefers to keep closed. To these relations, Mariu did not appear in public with someone who claimed the place of the future wife.
João Mariu now
In August 2019, it became known that João would replenish the composition of the metropolitan "locomotive" on rental rights with the estimated subsequent redemption. For the star of the Portuguese team, this transfer could be evaluated as a dubious success, since even recently a football player performed in the Milan "Inter" - a prominent club of Italy and the world.However, Mariu himself does not consider the transition to the Russian Premier League a step back in his career. On the contrary, he declares that he took a weighted decision. First, the athlete prefers to spend time on the field than to sit on the bench of the prestigious of world clubs. Secondly, he studied the conditions and remained satisfied with both the composition and the atmosphere in the team. In addition, the guy will pay salary at € 3.5 million a year with the possibility of redemption at the end of the season.
Therefore, if Mariu with the "railway workers" will be satisfied with each other, "Lokomotiv" under the curtain of the sports year will have to part more from € 18 million. The player is configured to show a class and is inspired by the upcoming participation in the Champions League. Portuguese is delighted with Moscow and glad to live in such a wonderful city. Now he is poured into the "red-green", where he protrudes under the 23rd number and positions itself as a hybrid central midfielder. When height 173 cm and weighing 72 kg, João demonstrates mobility, reliability in a short passage and the ability to exit from under pressure.
Achievements
As part of "Sporting"
- 2014/2015 - Portugal Cup winner
- 2015 - Winner Super Cup Portugal
In the portugal national team
- 2016 - European Champion