Mário Jardel

Mário Jardel is a striker whose numbers genuinely impress me. Born in 1973 in Fortaleza, Brazil, the 188 cm forward won the European Golden Shoe in 1999, which marks him as one of the most lethal goal-scorers of his moment. I gravitate toward target-man strikers who combine height with finishing, and that award tells me he was doing damage at the very top of European football. The record here is sparse beyond that peak, but a Golden Shoe is not a fluke season. He still keeps an official Instagram presence, which suggests he hasn't fully stepped away from the spotlight.

Name (English)

Mário Jardel

Name (Japanese)

マリオ・ジャルデウ

Reading

まりお・じゃるでう

Born

September 18, 1973 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 1999 European Golden Shoe

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mariojardelofficial/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio%20Jardel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317863

Tags

• Ceará
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.