Ufatwa nk’umwe mu bakinnyi bakina hagati bo mu bihe bye, Mário Coluna yamaze igihe kinini mu buzima bwe muri Benfica maze ayobora iyi kipe imyaka 7.
Yatsinze ibitego birenga 120 mu mikino irenga 500 yakiniye Benfica, yegukana ibikombe 10 bya shampiyona ndetse n’ibikombe bibiri by’Uburayi.
Yatsinze imikino yanyuma y Igikombe cyu Burayi- igitego muri Benfica yatsinze Barcelona 3-2 mu 1961 ikindi iyitsinda 5-3 yatsinze Real Madrid mu 1962.
Coluna yabyawe na se wo muri Porutugali na nyina wa Mozambike, ahagarariye Portugal ku rwego mpuzamahanga, yatsinze ibitego 8 mu mikino 57.
Yayoboye Porutugali mu gikombe cy’isi cya mbere cya FIFA mu 1966 aho barangije ku mwanya wa gatatu kandi yahamagawe mu ikipe y’inyenyeri y’igikombe cyisi.
Yakinnye umukino we wa nyuma mpuzamahanga ku ya 11 Ukuboza 1968 mu mukino wo gushaka itike yo gushaka itike yo kuzakina igikombe cy’isi cya 1970 mu Bugereki, Portugal itsindwa ibitego 4-2.
Mozambique imaze kubona ubwigenge mu 1975, Coluna yabaye Perezida w’ishyirahamwe ry’umupira wamaguru ndetse anaba minisitiri w’imikino mu gihugu imyaka itanu.
Coluna afite imyaka 78, yitabye Imana ku ya 25 Gashyantare 2014, bivugwa ko yatewe n’indwara y’ibihaha.
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