Mário Tilico (footballer, born 1942)

Amaro Gomes da Costa (30 April 1942 – 19 December 2019), better known as Mário Tilico, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career
Formed in the youth categories of Santa Cruz where did he get the nickname "Mário Tilico", in the second half of 1962, Mário Tilico left Arruda and signed a commitment to Portuguesa de Desportos (SP), a modest first stint, visibly hampered by the lack of adaptation to the climate of the “Land of Drizzle”. He was brought to Vasco in 1963, where he stood out and was champion of the Taça Guanabara in 1965. He repeated the feat the following year at Fluminense, and would still play for Bangu, America and Portuguesa de Desportos.

Mário Tilico was a Vasco striker from 1963 until early 1966, playing in 128 games and scoring 50 goals. He is Vasco da Gama's 5th pernambucano top scorer  in with 50 goals scored for the club (tied with Ramón da Silva Ramos) and only behind Ademir Menezes (301 goals), Vavá (150 goals), Juninho (76 goals) and Almir Pernambuquinho (59 goals).

International career
Tilico played only once for the Brazil national team, 19 September 1967, in a friendly match against Chile.

Personal life
Tilico is father of Mário de Oliveira Costa, also known as Mário Tilico.

Honours

 * Santa Cruz
 * Torneio Quadrangular de Recife: 1961
 * Torneio Paraíba-Pernambuco: 1962


 * Vasco da Gama
 * Torneio Internacional da Cidade do México: 1963
 * Taça Guanabara: 1965
 * Troféu Quarto Centenário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro: 1965


 * Fluminense
 * Taça Guanabara: 1966
 * Torneio Pará-Guanabara: 1966


 * Bangu
 * Torneio Quadrangular dos Campeões: 1968

Death
Tilico died 19 December 2019, in Rio de Janeiro.