Mário Branco

Mário Branco
Personal information
Full name Mário Jorge dos Santos Branco
Date of birth (1975-11-06) 6 November 1975
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Team information
Current team
Benfica
Managerial career
Years Team
2004–2005 Pontevedra (scout)
2005–2006 Wisła Kraków (scout)
2006–2007 Zagłębie Lubin (scout)
2008–2009 Steaua București (scout)
2009–2011 Leixões (sporting director)
2011–2012 Astra Ploiesti (sporting director)
2012–2016 Estoril (sporting director)
2016–2018 Hajduk Split (sporting director)
2018–2020 PAOK (sporting director)
2020–2021 Famalicão (sporting director)
2022–2025 Fenerbahçe (sporting director)
2025– Benfica (sporting director)

Mário Jorge dos Santos Branco (born 6 November 1975) is a Portuguese former football scout and a current director of football for Benfica. He has previously worked with the clubs Pontevedra in Spain, Leixões, Estoril and Famalicão in Portugal, Wisła Kraków and Zagłębie Lubin in Poland, Steaua București and Astra Ploiesti in Romania, Hajduk Split in Croatia and PAOK in Greece, Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He's also a Portuguese FA lecturer.